{"id":332,"date":"2014-09-08T01:20:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T01:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/?p=332"},"modified":"2016-11-04T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T21:18:18","slug":"332","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>As I seemed very affected by a piece of news appearing in the papers almost a year ago &#8211; I first wrote a poem, then made a song &#8211; about this boy in Junior High School who allegedly killed his teacher.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Here goes:<\/p>\n<p><em> <strong> GUNS <\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this world<br \/>\nWe make guns<br \/>\nWhen someone uses them<br \/>\nWe act with great surprise<\/p>\n<p>A child in a school<br \/>\nIs disparate<br \/>\nFor love and attention<\/p>\n<p>He could talk or cry<br \/>\nBut the Gun is there<br \/>\nIt feels like the right revenge<br \/>\nTowards this cruel world<br \/>\nA quick and easy solution<br \/>\nFor a troubled mind<\/p>\n<p>Could he express<br \/>\nthe longing<br \/>\nThe loneliness<br \/>\nTo the world<br \/>\nIf there were no Guns?<\/p>\n<p>Could we see him?<br \/>\nreally see him?<\/p>\n<p>In this world<br \/>\nWe make guns<br \/>\nWe need to kill<br \/>\nThe enemy<\/p>\n<p>We need to kill<br \/>\nHe who thinks differently<br \/>\nHe who looks different<br \/>\nHe who is just him<br \/>\nNot us<br \/>\nNot like we<\/p>\n<p>Can we conform him<br \/>\nUsing a Gun<br \/>\nTo be like us<\/p>\n<p>Or &#8211; should we just<br \/>\nGet rid of him<br \/>\nWash our hands<br \/>\nWalk away<\/p>\n<p>With him gone<br \/>\nWe now have<br \/>\nOne less thing to worry about<br \/>\nOr do we?<\/p>\n<p>The worry we had before<br \/>\nThe threat of that which is different<br \/>\nMoving into our world<br \/>\nWe now have to carry<br \/>\nForever<br \/>\nIn our guts<br \/>\nIn our hearts<\/p>\n<p>How strange<br \/>\nHow amazingly strange<br \/>\nThe human mind works<\/p>\n<p>I wonder?<\/p>\n<p>If there were<br \/>\nNo Guns<br \/>\nNo spears<br \/>\nNo clubs<br \/>\nNo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Would we hurt each other<br \/>\nAlong other paths?<br \/>\nWould we find other ways to &#8220;lash out&#8221;<br \/>\nAt that which is outside us<br \/>\nIn an attempt<br \/>\nIn a hopeless attempt<br \/>\nto understand<br \/>\nThat<br \/>\nWhich lies within<\/p>\n<p>???<\/p>\n<p>Zitta originally written 10\/22-13<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Warning-alone21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324\" src=\"http:\/\/zittastubstad.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Warning-alone21.jpg\" alt=\"Warning-alone21\" width=\"149\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"poemwarning\">songs are improvised &amp; unedited. 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