Shot to Infamy

Tragedy

Shot to Infamy

Bullets are so impersonal,

don't you agree?

Lead is so remote,

no emotion, no feelings,

simply a dense impact

as it blasts and ricochets

its way through human tissue.

Parting muscle,

severing blood vessels,

shattering bone,

disconnecting tendons

and nerve fibres

causing life-changing

injury

and extinguishing

once bright eyes.

From one thousand yards

it is a mere video game

with the 'bad guys'

falling like bowling pins,

it is a detached

clean squeeze

of an automatic trigger.

The act of a coward

and a madman.

 

04/10/17

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

especially like this line early on "don't you agree?" it works so well ... instantly engaged me ... the view point of lead is devastating ...how can one argue against it??? so many in just one incident ... innocent people ... certainly cowardice of an evil kind ... your poem is chilling.... far too many examples just in my own lifetime... such infamy is indelible ..your poem moves me John ... :( there was a huge failure in security at the Hotel ..and a horrible failure to "if you see something say something" ... the ferocious dinosaurs are not extinct ... they just changed .. we have the wrong idea in mind if we think that safety can be an assumption :(((((((((((( nothing is sacred for evil
E.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you 'E' this relates to October 1, 2017 and Stephen Paddock's evil deeds.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes..at the Mandalay right? ... in Las Vegas??

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed. I was like many so moved by this I wrote a few pieces soon after it.

[duff]

Sad to say but it's become such a normal thing in the daily news. You can try and change the gun laws which can help to a degree but there's no legislation that can prevent crazy and stupid. It's an absolute tragedy. You expressed the detachment from the carnage when all it takes is pulling a trigger. They stood no chance. You set the tone and captured the mood. Nice work man.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you duff. Such a sad place.

[duff]

You're welcome my friend. It absolutely is.

[Leslie Philibert]

I like the way John writes about actual events, in this case a real tragedy..we all live in the real world, and John knows this !

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Many thanks Leslie

[wordman]

and the world is full of these idiots,what in the hell is going on in their brain

[John Alexander McFadyen]

The million dollar question Ron. Many thank yous as always.

[wordman]

well a former postal worker and irs,,lol,,that pretty much covers it

[Coyote Poetry]

A sad day for us all. One madman killed 59 people who had life and families. Hard to grasp and understand why. All we can do today is send prayers to the many knowing great pain today.
Coyote

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed and not forgetting the 500 plus injured and those there and not there traumatised by it all! Many thanks.

[Tony Jordan]

I saw that a huge statue to Kalashikov was erected by Putin recently in Moscow. (The past)
I heard that video-gamers are one avenue of recruitment for the army to operate drones (not just in the air anymore). (The future)
I guess 'a cleaner way to kill' is the way forward for those backward people.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes and it fueled the carnage in Las Vegas I guess. Many thanks Tony.

[Tony Jordan]

The shooter shot to infamy - great choice of words John - truly accurately poignant.