10-Round Click
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Words by Amanda Feuerberg
Music by The Siren
Performed by The Siren
BANG.
my first shot,
chaos fragments,
penetrates
the target’s core.
BANG.
another round
to center me,
the red
behind my eyes.
BANG.
my vision fades
until
there’s nothing left
but flesh and steel.
BANG.
the burn
of residue,
reminding me
that i’m still here.
——————————
Gunpowder screams,
and it deafens me
with the urgency
and i’m breaking;
suddenly i realize
that inside
i am no longer shaking.
———————————-
BANG.
the stillness
pounds my ears
and flashes sparks
before my eyes.
BANG.
my hands are
steady now,
a soothing heft
between my palms.
BANG.
the swirl and swarm
of all the red
inside me
burns away.
BANG.
my sights are locked;
there’s only me –
i’m armed
with execution.
——————————-
Going to a place
not a thing
in the whole damn world
can ever touch me,
this is how it feels
when i kill it all away.
———————————
BANG.
the hammer’s back
again, the gasp
before
the powder storm.
BANG.
the slide locks
open.
click.
i’m empty.
