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two cries

August 25, 2023
By georgeee GOLD, Vancouver, Columbia
georgeee GOLD, Vancouver, Columbia
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TW: death, gun violence

i wake up

choking on red horrors.

on TV, pops of gunshots

are fired like toys and across 

the street a baby is screaming so

ferally. a dog the color 

of bleach is barking. his 

barks are mute, their cries 

trapped behind America.


in monterey park 

paper lanterns are cracked 

like brick walls,

spiderwebs in each corner wrap 

bodies in caskets. an old asian man 

and his wife waltz

when death extends a finger

to his heart and holds his hand

so hard until 

all that is left are bones.



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