Matthew 18:6, adapted

It’s been a long and bitter, trying day.
Detailing all the case will take a while,
Longer, yet, if it’ll come to trial,
Painfully examining the way
The innocent are slaughtered.  Wait a bit;
The news’ll have a topic here tomorrow
Suited for a sonnet, when the sorrow
Fades away to rage, and in a fit
Of righteous, angry journalism, lays
Too very bare the minutes and events.
I’ve only this, when giving my two cents:
I hope the many varied, bitter ways
Of laying children down beneath the turf
Are met with many millstones to the surf.