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Shot Out of a Cannon

David Hernandez

Inside the barrel of a revolver,
still dark from the holster,
it᾿s too tight to bend my arms,
too dark to see
the small hole I᾿m pointed at.

My wielder insists I come out;
he needs to threaten someone
into giving up his wallet.
He stalks the crowd,
finding his first victim.

He pulls the gun from the holster,
light passes through the barrel,
and I᾿m pointed at a walking couple,
who moved from the crowd into an alley.
The husband though wouldn᾿t submit.

Fire ignites below
and I pierce the husband᾿s breast,
another pierces the woman᾿s breast.
I sink into his flesh and feel his blood loss.
Why couldn᾿t I feel the blood and not the wound?

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