Incident by Amira Baraka

Now reading this poem it felt very separated. Now what I mean is that in the beginning of the poem it didn’t express who the killer was and what was the reason for his action. In a way the first stanza was very dry with details while comparing to the second stanza it said “the speeding bullet tore his face and blood sprayed fine over the killer and the grey light” while comparing it to the first stanza all it says is shadow wood, down, shot ,dying dead, to full halt.” It seemed so unclear. To me as you continue to read it expresses the pain and feeling which death brings to people in which in the poem it says, “his spirit sucks up the light”.  To me this poem seems to be a puzzle with the information in which it is distributed.