In response to the school shooting in Uvalde, TX on May 24, 2022.  Ninetenn elementary students and two teachers lost their lives.

Unbelievable

Beavers were once
The size of bears,
Newborns
Don’t shed tears.
Sunsets on Mars
Are a distinctive blue
And the man
Walked on water.

Lego is the world’s largest
Producer of tires,
Children grow faster
In spring.
Elephants are the only animals
That cannot jump
And the man’s command
Raised his friend from the dead.

It takes a week
To make a jellybean,
The human brain
Shrinks with age.
A hippo’s jaw opens wide
Enough to fit a car
And the man was resurrected
After those three days.

Gun violence
Plagues this nation,
The innocent shot
Dead at school,
Lawmakers lack the courage
To vote for strict control.
The man and his friend tasted life again
And our slain children breathe no more.

KEB 5/26/22