sentenced to another life
he had no soul
at least that is what he declared
to anyone who would listen
years ago the courts
took away his civil rights
having buried five of his bullets
six feet below the surface
anniversaries prove to be difficult
in the mass murder era
but birthdays are forever celebrated
judge & jury agreed with his own
self-assessment
making a permanent recording
of a life that was soon to end
april two thousand twenty-one
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