Casual Number
2.19.05
this is a prayer for those that go
unannounced
but for a number
slumped together
massacred by who?
you're stick figures, child's play
IT'S A SACRIFICE,
yea well i dont believe it.
this is a prayer for the woman
walking with her head in veils
protected from the lust
of promiscuity but not from the lust
of a rebellion.
this is a prayer for the child
selling rocks to feed his dying father
body thrown like a bag of sand into
a blood soaked trailer,
mommy never got to say good-bye.
this a prayer for people warm in their houses
balled up on couches
television blaring
the number of casualties,
a casual number.
i see you reach for the remote.
this is a prayer for that gun,
may the battle be won.
may the roulette be fun.
may the deed go undone.
we all better run.
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