



The world’s gone mad, they’re saying

How can people do that?

Insane

Samedi apres-midi

They queue to give blood

In the rain.

Social Media’s gone mental

Political point-scoring

And blame

Samedi apres-midi

They try to find words

For the pain.

World leaders, defiant, read statements

Phone clips emerge of

The slain

Samedi apres-midi

The first of the victims

is named.

Outside a restaurant, flowers are laid

Sawdust covers

a stain

Samedi apres-midi

When they queued

To give blood

In the rain.