Umpqua Community College Shooting—Murfin Poem

Ritual Bloodletting, Breast Beating, and Blaming

October 1, 2015

In the Wake of Umpqua Community College Killings

Grief stricken families, victims, and survivors

            are the bullies

            the launchers of vast, dark conspiracies

            and the gun worshipers and fantasy world heroes

            the mewling, pitiful victims.

Step right over the corpses.

            Don’t slip on the blood.

            Remember what is Holy and Sacred.

…Or we will kill you.

—Patrick Murfin