To all the dead in the shooting at Columbine High School

To all the dead in the shooting
at Columbine High School,
Littleton, Colorado

If only God were sweet
enough to paint me black
so that my white self
might go through with
being in a different color
were it not for me
not staying out of
somebody else's shoes
I could not have felt
like beseeching for my life
my hands are offered
to Thee palms up for
examination Thy
scrutiny as always
fails to recognize me
with no stigmata
found.

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