found poem: on any day

                       

by Sister Lou Ella Hickman, I.W.B.S.

                                                article from corpus christi caller 10/6/15

                        on any

                        day, 22

                        killed by

                        gunfire

                        . . .

                        Mass killings

                        scraped nerves raw, com-

                        manded headlines

                        . . .

                        Here’s another number:

                        8,124. by guns in 2014

                                an aver-

                        age of 156 a week

                        . . .

                        single homi-

                        cides are far more prevalent

                        and cause just as much pain

                        and suffering

                        . . .

                        on any day