Collatoral

I’ll dance a little with this tragedy

   Before I lay beneath its blade.

Laugh at a few of the pains it brought

   As though i were not the recipient,

but just an onlooker.

I’ll dance a little with this tragedy

   Because children need a hug;

Nobody told them the world

   would be such a pitiless place,

And that the role they play would be small;

Bit parts...no lines.