I read the ops today.
Oh joy.
In yet another attack against a killer
I read
that there are many things that kill
like guns.
I read that knives and hammers and sex all kill.
I suppose you could add to the mix
rope and bats
and Cheetos
but none of them exist to kill.

A hammer’s purpose is not to kill.
It is to put forceful weight on another substance,
usually for construction.
Knives are made to cut things
organic or no
living or not.
Sex does not exist to kill
under most circumstances
– though I would certainly kill for sex.

The purpose of a gun
is to shoot a projectile
and that projectile is meant
to run through flesh.
It is not meant to smash locks for to open doors
or to burst through the air to summon help.
Bullets are not meant to be shot in the ground to leave a trail
or past a piece of paper in the shape of a blackened man.
The gun
the bullet
and the explosion between them
all exist to damage the living.

I’m not a fan
nor am I a fan
of the writer
who believed that sex kills
even while trying to condemn a dead man.
Dude’s a jerk.
Maybe someone
should fuck him to death.