facebook algorithm

it was the guy I broke up with in high school 

after only two weeks that was most aggressive 

in the 67 comment thread on Facebook

never making a coherent argument

blathering cruelties followed by a strange

insinuation that he keeps a secret wisdom

anyone who dared question  

deemed fools clowns radicals

our hearts halved by grief 

19 children in their classroom 

making music cut down by a boy 

with venom in his veins

ceaseless bullying a stutter

his wrath turned 18

armed with a weapon

so powerful 

there was nothing

for parents to hold

guns don’t shoot guns

fucking snowflakes 

fucking clowns

in high school I dumped him 

because he shotgunned

a rack of beer 

burst into tears

yelled at invisible objects

farted like a dog

the two of us alone in the woods

cans at my feet his anger rising

Gotta go I said

his rage barreling round 

eyes swollen nose dripping

he punched a tree

for the next two days

he parked in my driveway 

head on the steering wheel

I want you back he wrote 

in a note stuffed under a wiper blade

in the school parking lot

I’m sorry it didn’t work out 

my car door swinging open

It’s not going to work out

But the note? he said

head cocked leaning forward

grinning oh the flash of fury 

when I drove off

I heard he hated me 

he fucking hates you

can’t wait to read 

what the libtards

blame this on

he comments on the post 

of a woman grieving 

senseless violence

oh, oh, 

let me guess

toxic masculinity