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No Place

Michelle Fulkerson

Gun control.
I know I have no right,
no place to bring up the topic
seeing how at this time
I am only sixteen years old,
a child barely getting her feet firmly planted on the ground.

In my short life I have witnessed
twenty of the largest mass shootings in America,
from Sandy Hooke
to Las Vegas
to Parkland.
Twenty seven killed
Fifty eight killed
Seventeen killed
The sobering fact is that Columbine high school
no longer makes the top ten list of massacres
in America.

I am only sixteen years old
and already I have seen such travesty
on the face of this nation.
I am worth more than the sum of money
needed to buy the newest iPhone.
My life is worth something,
children’s lives are worth something.

Maybe if our nation’s leaders could stop
the political posturing and partisan politics
they could find some common ground
and work together to save lives.
Maybe if our leaders took a look around
they would see that other countries
with gun control don’t have
eight school shootings
only a month and fourteen days into the new year.

Maybe, just maybe,
we could find some peace
Maybe, just maybe, we could finally see some change.

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