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shotgun: taps in december (Free verse) by <{Baba^Yaga}>
"sand was first, than the glass",
said the man
that pressed your face against the cold drum
drumming
a low beat
badda thump ba thump
per rump
badda thump ba thump
per rump
badda thump...
a folded flag for the son
frozen moments...
burn all eyes
in winter
the ground sure is hard,
but broken
the long glare
signalman
a stout priest
horizon
clumps of earth
off to one side
square hole
sailors fire into sky
JOLT.LOCK.FIRE!
boy jumps again, but not for ball
not for father, not for summer
what with the black
it all stands out
december..
it all streaks out
december..
with jesus christ
i heal
december..
taps
phone call
"hello. how are you?
my uncle died, suicide.
my mother's fault?"
my end:
"in debt and drunk
are no real reasons
for this..there's more."
we both know
other things too
better times and
frames of mind
events then
rapture
more
taps
in a field a man stands poised and aims
for a war against himself
he wins
a family sleeps nearby suburbia
forever with him untold
his mother tells church
jogging accident
depression
garage sale
shotgun.
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