The Official Report

Who does the thinking?

Young boys from the block,

coming off a night of binge drinking,

then the shock,

they found themselves in a gunfight,

a turf war,

out to settle a score,

their ignorance could fill an ocean,

shots exploded in slow motion,

the first one catching the fifteen year old

just above the right shoulder blade,

first the popping sound,

and no other noises were made,

but the force knocked him to the ground,

there were several more shots,

they came in rapid fire,

these boys, in the eyes of their mothers,

were still just tots,

a twelve year old and his younger brother,

shot twice in the head,

they were on the wet grass, dead,

their ghosts huddled together in fear,

and when the smoke cleared,

gunpowder and spilled blood

just filled the air,

the young corroded,

their futures eroded,

and the official report stated,

that it was merely gang violence which exploded.