The sun set as the music blasted. 

They all went to just have a good time, 

To enjoy the life they were living. 

Fifty-three stories up he stood, 

Pure evil erupted out of this man. 

Bodies fall to the floor, like hail falls from the sky.

The headlines read:

“Deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in the US”

Las Vegas, Nevada: 59 

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They went to go pray,

One beautiful Sunday morning.

The headlines read: 

“Deadliest mass shooting at a place of worship in US history” 

Sutherland Springs, Texas: 27                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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Day of love - 

High Schoolers laughing in the halls.

“Deadliest High School mass shooting in US history” 

Parkland, Florida: 17 

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College students on a night out.

“US safest city affected by mass shooting”

Thousand Oaks, California: 13 

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Tree of Life. 

Holocaust survivor praying. 

“Most anti-semitism in US history” 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 11 

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Teenagers like me. 

"There’s nothing we could do but run."

Santa Fe Springs, Texas: 10 

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This is for you. 

I can’t bring you back, 

But, what I can do is give each one of you one word and one space to be remembered  in my poem.