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BANG
Bang.
She hit the ground.
Metal coursing through her body
warmed by blood
as it flows onto the wood floor.
Justified by a badge.
A color.
A uniform.
A belief.
A judgment.
An ego.
Blind fear without cause.
And a life gone.
Lost
to that fear
because a gun
gives a person a power
that they can make the judgment
to end a life
based solely on their interpretation,
on their fear,
and it doesn't matter.
It doesn't have an impact
on the person who pulls the trigger
because they still stand
over the body
as the blood pours out.
Now just a piece of flesh
laying on the ground
that could be anything.
Once woman.
The finger that pressed down,
it didn't care.
It didn't think,
It just lives in fear
and in the power
that the metal brings.
He stands up straighter,
weapon in hand
as the light in the eyes
of the woman beneath him
goes out
with
only
a
BANG.