What They Want

Michael Helsem

May 24, 2022

This is what they want

Though I would rather think

Massacres are a mistake

An unintended consequence

But how many times really

Can this excuse be repeated

Before it loses its sense

Becomes a dull wail

Over the shapes of the slain

And finally part of the background

Which none can see to challenge

This is

What they want

Michael Helsem was born in 1958. Shortly afterward, fish fell from the sky.