One Sick Person

We’ll never understand what makes

A random gunman tick.

To shoot a stranger does imply

That person must be sick.

 

Yet even if that is the case,

There should be in the brain

A message getting through demanding

That he should refrain.

 

A bunch of people shopping

Or a rider on the Q

Or a class of 4^th-grade students –

Not a one of them who knew…

 

That his life would soon be over;

There’d be no more stress or fun,

All because of one sick person

Who had access to a gun.