Lawrence Hall
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                                     The Shooter Possessed

He clutches his demonic delusions
While yelping out his programmed three-beat chants
In a closed loop of mindless obedience
Celebrating the poison fed to him

He clutches his envies and resentments
Until they explode from his magic gun -
When vanities collapse in blood and smoke
And he is abandoned, a howling soul

He clutches at his weeping concrete blocks
While those who sent him clutch their single-malt