April 15th Boston News Coverage

News Coverage of the Boston Race

Boston turned into Bagdad

A balmy fifty degrees day on April 15^th

Perfect for a marathon until

Boston turned into Bagdad

Sidewalks splotched in red

Celebratory crowds now casualties

of shrapnel from trashcans

bursting through air like amateur fireworks

Faces streaked in tears sprinting in the opposite

direction of the finish line from the explosion.

Marathoners and spectators blend into one.

The race to existence is the schedule for the hour

Phone wielders morphed into cameramen.

Another heat wave 150 meters from the finish line.

Runners without legs,

Bodies bruised, cartilage, limbs,

 Shrieking mothers                                                                                                                                                                         

kneeling in prayer,

mouthing Hail Mary’s

Scouting for love ones

Neon yellow jackets clearing guardrails

Pushing the injured in wheelchairs

Baghdad turned into Boston.

I wrote this on the night of April 15th. I am not too sure about this poem since this is one of the rare times that I write about serious events.