The First Time I Saw Someone Get Shot
(for Jamie)
My world went silent, but I saw their mouths – frozen Os.
Yanked up by my armpits, I swung through the house,
a pendulum in Mama’s hands.
She slung me into the tub; the water swirled pink.
My aunt’s thigh, still a living thing, pulsated in my hair.
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Wow! So vivid!
The image of the pendulum has so much momentum. Shew!