—I KNOW, THIS IS ABNORMAL BUT 

Absence 

No one’s 

going to school today.

Instead, there are 

shell casings 

scattered across the 

bookshelf beside a book

by Judy Blume that’s

been banned

and so maybe I don’t

give a fucking Fuck, 

except I do

--I mean those kids, 

they could be mine 

or yours, 

or anyone’s.

Happy Father’s Day.