Beneath black headlines here is a face of dots,
the average looking killer grim in glasses.
This undistinguished hand that fired the shots
triggers our thoughts: all faces smile suspicious.
The story mentions failure; many fail.
The murderer confesses God told him to do it.
Now he is safely martyred. Bums in jail
hammer him up with words that persecute.
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