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      May 15, 2016Gun of a BitchJay Sizemore

      This is a murder weapon.
      This is a neutron star,
      one billion pounds in a teaspoon.
      I’m not guilty.
       
      This is a murder weapon.
      He still screams help me
      somewhere beneath my pillow,
      from the black cave of the barrel.
       
      This murder weapon
      left oil in my mouth,
      but I am a famous coward.
      Take this weight off my hands.
       
      Point it at me.
      Connect the dots
      of his voice, and the silence
      of starless space behind me.

      from Poets Respond

      Jay Sizemore

      “This poem responds to the news that George Zimmerman is auctioning the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin.”

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