"Puma"

Patagonia Puma
Predatory ways
Powerful gaze.
Men attack
On horseback.
Magnificent cat
Hovers under
Rocky covers
Holes up in
Craggily caves.
Bundles of muscle,
Killing tools:
Powerful jaws
Teeth, claws.
Lamb and sheep
Lie in pools
Steaming blood.
Lord of Lands End
Crimsom tracks
Travel across
Rough Terrain

"New Orleans"

Tele-Vision
Oprah Winfrey
New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina
Displaced people

Trailer trash?
Chemical pollution
My heart hurts!
My head hurts!

Doctors
Turn away
Long lines
"Sign of the times?"

litmus paper test!
Judgement?
"The least of us?"

What if?
What if?
What if?
Floods
Tornados
Earthquakes

Panic attack
Terrorist attack

Dead men walk
"Cry every day"
"Think of death"
"Think of suicide"

Murder
Mayhem
Mutilation

Poverty

Danger:
High crime
Low places

Kings & Queens
Gangsters
Drug Lords

"Katrina Exposition"
Ugly underbelly
"America the beautiful"
Welcome to any town USA!
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The big picture?
Violent crime in the U.S.
Increased 1.3 percent
2005 USA
Murders 16,692;
Violent crimes 1,390,695