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| Reat Underwood, 14; his grandfather; and another innocent bystander were shot and killed when an anti-Semitic gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Jewish Community Center in Kansas City on the eve of Passover. --Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America |
"My wife has always been concerned about some loonies out there
doing this type of stuff. You hear these things and it's really surreal. . . .
Even on the clearest day
when the sky is dressed-up
in its best self
It might rain
Even after the storm
when the water gutters
down to mix the earth in mud
It might rain
Even in the night
when the airliners strobe
unclouded in the sky
it might rain
Even beyond the door
when breath comes
and goes home with ease
it might rain
Jim Gustafson’s most recent book, Driving Home, was published by Aldrich Press in 2013 and is a 2013 Pushcart Prize Nominee. He is an MFA candidate at the University of Tampa, teaches at Edison State College and lives in Fort Myers, Florida, where he reads, writes, and pulls weeds.