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Our Guns

September 26, 2013
By Jentry BRONZE, Carp Lake, Michigan
Jentry BRONZE, Carp Lake, Michigan
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Watching Ellen Degenerous,
EEHH! an e(M)ergenc(Y) broadcast
announcement EEHH! interrupts.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPP!

Another day ban(G)
another pow shooting
boom 30 more gone bang
millions pow remorsing
abo(U)t the boom ba(N)g pow crime.

Gun(S) (ARE) the problem!,
(M)r. President sa(Y)s.

Ab(R)ah this (I)sn't ca ma(G)ic dabra(H)
guns don'(T) boom pow kill people bang
people kill people.


The author's comments:
I wrote this poem in the style of E.E Cumming's poem "9." If you first read through the poem, then read through it again without all the added words, it will be easier to understand. Lastly, if you put together all of the letters in parenthesis, a secret message will be revealed.

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