RABBIT TRAILS
in the Texas dust. We’re flat in the dirt
so we can poke around down there with a long stick,
while above us bullets fly and children
hold up their honor roll certificate shields.
You say blankets are the answer,
and backpacks and better officers and armed teachers
and doors that shut like Vegas vaults to keep your money safe,
keep your money safer than my child.
I forgot what we were talking about.
So moving, sad, and well paced.