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Jul 2018
Doesn't it seem funny
Camp Sec carries guns
Pistols in holsters, now
As there have been shootings
Well, why are
The police armed, then?
So two Camp Sec guards
Shoot a man to death
Across the street from the campus
Outside a cafe instead of using phones
"Look at us. Empowered heroes."
Well, look how quickly things go wrong
Now these two men carry the guilt of ******
Until they are dead
Simply because
Someone thought it was a good idea
To fully arm two security guards
No one will see it like that
These three men are now martyrs
Like it or not
Everyone will fault the shooters not
The society at large that enables
A quick, disconnected, permanent response
To temporary fears
For a market share
For a profit

The most speculative science fiction can't match this dystopian reality.
A Simillacrum
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A Simillacrum
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