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Departments National Issues Aurora massacre Aurora Massacre The survivors will hug and tell their stories With flashing lights the living and the dead Will be taken to the morgues and to the hospitals We'll hear about the last words that they said At least if it was a notable occasion Like if it happened just down the road from Columbine If the victims numbered in the dozens The murder plan especially malign The governor will talk about the senselessness The madness that must explain the crime Some will ask about the guns, six thousand rounds of ammunition He bought legally all at the same time If the murders were especially dramatic This man will have his week of fame But by around this time next year Just a few will remember his name Fewer still will remember his victims In this great nation that seems to have no peer And who can blame us for our amnesia With fourteen thousand killed by guns last year But for now they'll talk about his methods They'll ask how he came to be this way They'll hire more policemen in the theaters It's another massacre in the USA They'll ask about his schooling Who could have seen these warning signs Some will ask why he had access To buying an assault combine Former victims will speak out on the TV They'll have a platform for just a little while Until something else takes over Like a storm or a fire or the latest summer style They'll talk about violent films and video games The social disconnection of the youth They'll talk about the cubicles and headsets With each one separated in a little booth They'll talk about bullying in schools They'll talk about all sorts of social ills They'll ask if he smoked marijuana And if he was on any kinds of pills The corpses will be removed from the theater They'll replace the seats and wash away blood stains The NRA will lay low for a week or two While pouring money into electoral campaigns The President will praise the First Responders And ask God for these madmen to be cured The Assault Weapons Ban will be voted down in Congress And the next massacre will be assured |
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