Pow!  The smell of gun powder
Hit the atmosphere
Sending an acrid stench of sulpher
That was quite sharp and severe;

Bits and pieces of metal spilt everywhere in sight
Maiming, injuring and killing the innocent victims in the room
It all started with a secret which the wick did light
Slowly, intensely did the tension loom

The explosion happened so suddenly
Nobody had a chance to evacuate
There was a long list of casualties
And as I read the obituraries of the victims did I ponder
How can a heart be so full of hate
That it can be so cold as to slander
And in an instant kill and maime and totally annihilate

She annihilated a whole roomfull with her endless chatter
Without alms she totally wiped out an entire family
Her mouth was a short fused firecracker
That went off  instantaneously!!

Mary Gonzalez ©1999