States of Poetry - Poems
'Active Shooter' by Liam Ferney | States of Poetry QLD - Series Two
by Liam Ferney •
a gunman is a gunman is a gunman
like the chorus line tryout i felt nothing
it was worth noting the small matter
of gathering rare ingredients for a drink
a monday morning death toll
as specific as thursday’s Powerball
this time he can’t be arsed with the filter
it doesn’t come up at the crumbs
of somebody from the health team’s birthday
in a lunch room packed with a mail out
she forgets about it and hits refresh
details washed like an easy stain
the untroubled market hardly wobbles
while the algorithms digest the data
Liam Ferney
