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      May 16, 2019Dear Senator,Cambra Koczkur

      My first-grader pours his own cereal.
      He stands on a stool so his elbows
      have room to bend, but still needs help
      from mom if the milk bottle’s full.
       
      My girl, five, wiggles as I weave quatrains of
      gold on yellow ribbon through her hair and
      speak our rhyming poems into the mirror.
      “You carry my love with you,” we say.
       
      Every weekday morning is the same.
      I write couplets, hand draw cartoons,
      put the notes atop nutbutter sandwiches,
      fill bags with cracker-schools of fish.
       
      After drop off, I turn on the news
      and pray my children’s school
      won’t be the one today—beg God
      to protect my kids from your inaction.
       
      Four million dollars is power past my reach,
      so I send poems into the world, then hope,
      like dandelion seeds they will take root
      wherever they may land. This is yours to keep.

      from Poets Respond

      Cambra Koczkur

      “This poem is written in response to the STEM school shooting in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, last week and addressed to one of our current US senators who has taken almost $4 million from the NRA.”