Drug War In Rural Ohio?

The news out of Ohio was pretty gruesome and chilling

Eight family members at four sites set up for a planned killing

All asleep with pleasant dreams swirling  their heads\

In a moment all no longer here shot in the head

Including a mother of a baby only four days old

Never again to know the joys  of a nursing baby to hold

No suspects but evidence of weed grown at three death sites

Was this the Chicago equivalence of a drug turf war fight?

Rural communities are supposed to be from gang wars spared

No wonder surviving family members and neighbors are scared

The silver lining in this event of tragedy however slight

Is that the police are urging civilians to arm themselves in case of a fight

As opposed politicians demanding more gun control

And asking for prayers for eight departed souls

               © April 25, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet 
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