Reb & Vodka

A poem about Dylan and Eric, better known as the Columbine shooters.

Back to 1999

Kurt's been six feet under

for five years following

one shotgun blast

and three times the lethal dose of heroin.

A couple of murder conspiracy theorists wonder

wouldn't it take two?

Added to the thirteen lives lost at Columbine

April 20th, 1999

but we so easily forget to count the two

broken boys who gave their lives for one voice, ignored.

Now only heard as 12-gauge or TEC-9.

Two, added to the thirteen lives lost at Columbine.

Death toll excluding, 

yet you still wonder why

they pulled the trigger.

Author's Note

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