Senseless (in memory of Ricardo Bailey who died of a gunshot while just being there for his cousin)

(November 7, 2006)

I had not worked with Ricardo for very long. He was a nice guy; had a good time at work. I closed the restaraunt with him the night he was killed. I think that's why it impacted me so much.


Senseless.
No sense.
Make sense
          of the violent,
          of violence,
          of vile, of bile
scattered on the ground;
shattered on the ground;
splattered on the grounds
          that there are no grounds;
          it's groundless
          on the ground
found
          emptied,
          unloaded;
lost
          life;
                    left behind
          life
found;
fill with sense,
          sensation,
cessation of senselessness.