The Dark
lean into dark shadows
59%
of the adults in America
have experienced gun violence
lean into new moon night
more children in our country
die by gunshot
than any other cause
lean into personal darkness
Mary's health aide
pointing her new gun at Mary
says, See. Now I've got protection
lean into other's darkness
my cousin goes into the yard
and blasts a bullet in his head
his father says, I saw the black hole
night flattens mountains, trees, people
gun suicide here
is 12 times more common
than any other country
(After: Beginning - by James WrIght. Line: "The wheat leans back toward its own darkness/ And I lean toward mine." & Evergreen Research Policy's Gun Violence America Report 2025.)
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Date Published: September 1, 2026