Mourning # 7
Your body is infected
germs in camo vests run
into the halls and offices
of your whole healthiness
looking for a pinhole weakness
they’re on drugs yelling crazy shit
banging on doors with fists
and they find the pinhole
there are plenty all around
how did they get in?
why did they come?
You are infected now and could die
can you imagine
your last gasp
your final tweet
closing your eyes
for the last time
all so sad you’ll say
and preventable.
---- former Connecticut trooper
a first responder at Sandy Hook
his name is Patrick Dragon
he died at Hartford Hospital
deputy chief of East Brooklyn
Fire Department after retiring
from the State Police, 34 years
on December 14, 2012 in Newtown
at Sandy Hook Elementary where
28 were killed, 20 young children
his sister called him ‘the bravest
person I know’ he rushed into the
school and what a scene!
are first responders doing their jobs
heroes? they do it for the paycheck
but they also do it as helpers
find the helpers, support them
mourn for them, even if they are
not gunned down on duty but are
taken away by the modern black plague.