are quickly done away with.
pushed to the back
of the room
of conversation,
wheeled out to the waiting
white van.
it's no longer
about the lives lost
or ruined,
the blood spilled.
their innocence shattered.
no,
the tears and pearl clutching
is now are for those
who did the crime.
the criminals.
maybe they weren't hugged
enough.
maybe no one read them
bed side stories
when they were young.
it's genetic,
postpartum,
testosterone or estrogen
run amok.
it's bi-polar, schizophrenia,
too many pills, not
enough.
perhaps because they had
no mother, no father to guide them.
it's the failure of society,
the patriarchy,
it's bad luck.
they don't deserve to be
punished though,
and put behind the bars.
just get the mop out
and clean up.
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