"Bang" is a very early poem made of rhythms like John Berryman's "Dream Songs." The innocence of this young man gives the poem its tone of lament.

That I overtly try to make no judgment of this, fake that I am "just a reporter," is intentionally cold, and aloof. I give the last word to a faceless radio bystander. This is horror nearly impossible to imagine.

Music: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies - The American Boychoir with orchestra, John Kuzma, arranger & conductor