The town I grew up in
(Denton, Montana,
1950’s, pop. 500)
has been murdered
in Chicago in 2016.
Five hundred souls given sentences
punc,tuated
by the grammarians of dea.th
Period. No question.
No question mar?k
gun.s chalk line.s erasure.s
Killings,
intended or unintended,
targets aimed or accidental,
no matte.r
Shots fire.d
fis/sured bone
shre,dded veins,
boy dies
on asp.halt
Whose fault,
this
data bank of assault?
Scrubbed blood