Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle Extra

Words:  control, lift, shooter, face, school, date, attack
        see, screen suck, second, worry


For a second
I was able
to see the shooter's
face–a vacant 
screen, a blank
slate.  His movements
were jerky, out
of control, holding
his weapon lifted
high in the air
until attack
began.  Students
ran.  He chose
a date that no one
could mistake, that
of September 11th.
My role of teacher
has changed in these
strange, worrying
times.  Pandemics,
shootings, stabbings,
and irresponsible 
parents.  It all
sucks.

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