Senseless

911, what’s your emergency

Well, I’m not sure, just feeling odd

Tell me you name and rank the urgency

It’s about ten, just call me god

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Call you what? State your location

Just watch the news, that’s where I am

Sir, stop playing around, share your information

I already have, it’s not a scam

*

The dispatch heard a loud commotion

The tv flashed the tragedy

The whole thing started with a notion

A lost souls grasp at clarity

*

I didn’t mean to hurt nobody

She heard his voice crack on the line

The lawn was covered up with bodies

Evidence of his heinous crime

*

This is dispatch, sir, are you still listening?

Yes, I am, but not for long

Buying more time for repositioning

He whispered; I know what I did was wrong

*

But no-one ever paid attention

She answered, well, you've got it now

It's too late now for intervention

We need some answers, when why and how?

*

A shot rang out, across the phone-line

Dispatch pulled her phone away

The caller spoke, his words benign

Another life could not be saved