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What Kills People


Guns don’t kill people People kill people People with guns kill people People for fun kill people People with psychotic dispositions kill people People with the wrong mental composition kill people People abandoned by their family, who left for Miami, because of their insanity kill people People who rape eight year old boys, hurt themselves with sex toys, and hate the sound of their voice kill people People who buy assault rifles and walk down the street with them kill people People whose doctors confirmed their illness but refuse to treat them kill people People who get pushed down stairs kill people People who get easily scared kill people People whose parents tried but always lied kill people People whose parents died but never cried kill people People who got thrown in jail for doing drugs kill people People who were given guns and told they’re thugs kill people People who hopelessly tried to find love kill people People who try to speak with their god above kill people People who failed out of school because they were told it was cool and then found themselves with no job, no car, no house, and no money kill people People who nobody cared about because nobody had a doubt that it was just a phase but suddenly they had no parents, no brothers, no sisters, no friends kill people People who talk with a lisp and a stutter and never laugh back kill people People who always whisper and mutter and never gossip back kill people People who always figured they’d be a hero, but when they find out they aren’t, they become the villain kill people People who always figured they were zero, and when it’s confirmed they are, they want others to feel like them kill people People who smile every day kill people People who know what to say kill people People who just want to play kill people People who are tortured for being gay kill people People who fall in love and then have their hearts broken kill people People whose friends run away when they have their arms open kill people People with anxiety at Virginia Tech kill people People with depression at Columbine kill people People whose lives fall apart at Texas University kill people People whose problems go ignored at Newtown kill people We put guns in the hands of psychopaths And we wonder why people kill people.
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daphyag13
whoa that is an AMAZING poem.i really like the style plus you can feel the emotion.amazing

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