Amanda Todd was only fifteen years old when she uploaded her video to YouTube on September 7th, 2012…
the american shredder
“Guns don’t kill people”
What do you call the bullets
Shredding through fluid flesh…
Too Many
I open my phone again And it glares back at me
“School Shooting, Six Dead” Three kids
Three teachers…
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