Michael Brautigan
gun shots ringing out in the night
I didn’t even remember the most
recent episode
my father brought it up the next day
it had been especially loud and violent
multiple shots in rapid succession
yes, people in the ghetto are armed
my guess is that it was a drug hit
I didn’t even hear any sirens after
it wasn’t on the news
now I’m remembering a while back
a man walked into the Starbucks
down the street with a shotgun
and pointed it at two cops
but as it turned out the man
had no intention of actually
shooting them
it was an attempted suicide
the cops chased him into the street
and shot him multiple times
but he survived and was acquitted
the shotgun hadn’t been loaded
his infant son had just killed himself
playing with a loaded gun
that day