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Richard Hoffman: Uvalde, TX, 5/24/2022
Another.
No not another, not
that cushion
of a word.
Yesterday
with my granddaughter, 3:
we lay on our bellies
on the warm pavement
watching ants.
Look look
that one’s carrying something.
That his dead
brother he
bringing him home.
Copyright 2022 Richard Hoffman
Richard Hoffman’s many books include a poetry collection Noon until Night and a story collection Interference and Other Stories.
Vox Populi 
“Another.
No not another”–💔
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Oh, Richard . What more can possibly be said .
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