Her face was pressed against the window of the school bus,
\nA face full of terror, screaming, aching, calling out to us,
\nWhy? Why? Nine more dead, killed, shot, slaughtered at school.
\nDone by an armed person with a military tool.
\nWith a gun designed for combat, a gun made for soldiers for post Viet Nam
\nA weapon to create chaos, to penetrate legs, hearts, to end any sense of calm.
\nNine More, this is more than the hundredth time this year, in our country.
\nMaybe bought at a Walmart, for sure bought legally?
\nThey say one in twenty of us own an AR-15
\nAre we forever caught in a crossfire? Our children in between?
\nHer face was pressed against the window of the school bus.
\nA face full of terror, screaming, aching, calling out to us:
\nPlease stop it y\u2019all, I just want to go to school.
\nTo be with my friends, to giggle, play tag and act a fool.
\nTo be a child, to be alive and well, not to be just nine and dead in an armed swimming pool.
\nWhere are my lifeguards? Will you help me create a young, smiling face on that school bus?
\nI don\u2019t want to be a number to settle a score.
\nPlease make me the last and not the beginning,
\nOf more than Nine More.<\/p>\n
Rev. Anthony Mtuaswa Johnson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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