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There She Lies Dying

Matthew Guzman

There She Lies Dying
back twists,
hovers in the air,
a spasmodic twitch
every few seconds
in her flanks –
one exposed,
the other hidden under
a portly belly
moving like a receding tide –
she is still alive,
still breathing,
the pain anesthetized
by shock –
as I load the 410
shotgun
invisible birds chirp
and my ears fill
with heat –
blood comes
five or ten seconds
after the ringing,
it rolls as I imagine
the birth of a new stream –
cold air mixed with bright
red and steam rose
then lingered like
the moment before
early fog burns away.

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