Murder Tales

Everyone loves a murder yarn,
The news is choc-a-bloc with them.
Shooting, stabbing, strangling in turn,
Each carried out with casual phlegm.

Whence comes our fascination
With every kind of brutal tale?
In spite of daily repetition
The attraction never seems to fail.

We care far less for other dooms,
Which really ought to matter more.
Slow changes to our environment
Give results quite like a sea of gore.