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Angels make their hope here
on this struggling planet
of refugees and school shootings.
Why do they persist?
Because they’re angels.
How can they not weep for us?
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Today the radio sent me
back to Sandy Hook.
Twenty children, six adults
Shot
And before Adam Lanza
entered that school,
he shot his mother.
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What happened next?
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Alex Jones of Infowars
told his listeners
that the shooting was staged
A government conspiracy
to take Americans’ guns away.
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Grieving families were harassed.
Told that their children had been seen
Alive.
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Will Mr. Jones have something to say
about the Russians bombing
a maternity hospital?
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Oh, angels, do you have words
for this insanity?
I don’t.
Do you have hope?
Help for us. Hope for us.
We are foundering.
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Tangled Magic 