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HEAD-LINE VERSE INSTRUCTION

ONE ISIS ATTACK VERY 84 HOURS SPURS ANGER IN EUROPE Do not give way to war, To terror's angry teeth Wrapped in a dismal metal The size of consciousness. Ticktock, said God, Your sway is incalculable The offspiring of war begets terror... 3 DEAD IN SHOOTING AT WV PARTY All this death to gun violence, Should, without question, Concern us most greatly. (People are too damned ugly!) Yet the most hideous of all The most ugly of our use Are the weapons we create And the echo that follows... 4 DEAD IN MEDICAL PLANE CRASH It wasn't meant to end this way A howl and a sudden dive Rendering the cure to the soil The medicine of Peace, rest now OFF DUTY OFFICER SHOOTS COP, FLEES These acts are born of human fear Yet rage is the open-mouthed screech Witnessed behind eyes bent in agony Chaos is an indiscriminate form of speech SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY TO REOPEN  Oh, dear children, Please forgive us, We're in need of your lessons, Please instruct