the time in Michigan

sigh
to cry
too much
too much
too
many
one is too many
or one building stick
torched

and a denomination wounded
as all on
Earth
should feel and think the hits
the wounds
the losses
of
God-made
(all God-made)
people

and
these faithful people
who
have heaven
and yet so many broken spirits
left behind

tragic quandary
of why
what
if
and without doubt
in all the world
what now

and should we care statistically
and maybe afterward
now
is the time
to mourn
to keen
to bury and to name
for remembrance

to apologize
and
pledge that as a species
we do better

how about asking
God make
us
better
even in challenge of perhaps
a lasting affirmation of
our free-owned
will

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       At least four people were killed and eight injured when a gunman in a pickup truck smashed through the doors of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in [Grand Blanc Township,] Michigan during a Sunday service attended by hundreds, opened fire and set the building ablaze. Police shot and killed the suspect, authorities said.
       The attack occurred at about 10:25 a.m. The gunman got out of the four-door pickup with two American flags in the truck and started shooting, Police Chief William Renye told reporters. He apparently used gas to start the fire and also had explosive devices but it wasn’t clear if he used them, said James Dier of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
       Authorities identified the shooter as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of the neighboring small town of Burton. The FBI is leading the investigation and considered it an “act of targeted violence,” said Ruben Coleman, a special agent in charge for the bureau.
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