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Saturday, October 22

Wingspan


Brooklyn mother dies shielding schoolchildren from gunfire

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/10/brooklyn-mother-killed-while-shielding-children-from-bullets-near-school.html

She spent her whole life
With arms open wide,
Her wingspan generous enough to cover
The children
As the bullets rained from rooftop.
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