What happened to her <br />was more than what she was, <br />yet what she was... <br />brave, beloved by friends and parents, <br />on her way to becoming <br />a priceless woman, <br />mother, wife, professional, citizen, <br />was plenty. <br />Would have been <br />plenty. <br />When we lost Claire <br />we lost whole worlds, <br />present and future. <br /> <br />She lived in a state, a city, <br />where thundersticks <br />are sold <br />everywhere, no questions asked, <br />to the mad, <br />massacres <br />in high schools, theaters, churches, <br />are as regular <br />as the seasons, <br />and many Coloradans <br />value <br />their Bushmasters <br />over the lives <br />of their children. <br /> <br />If the slaughters in Aurora, <br />in Columbine, <br />in Arvada, <br />in Colorado Springs, <br />weren't enough <br />to restore <br />sanity <br />to Colorado, <br /> <br />then what <br />will the martyrdom <br />of our beloved <br />Claire <br />accomplish?<br /><br />Percy Dovetonsils<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/claire-davis/
