Pulling the Trigger

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PULLING THE TRIGGER a centrifugal shot captivating officers investigating knocking on doors across the street silence until a single mother returns a siren screams for two hours the coroner appears, placid neighbors nudged the mother, of one son, outside, where oxygen could not breathe where a home, once stood only walls speak neighbors listen tenuously 9/15/2017

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Sunlite Wanter

Date: 9/15/2017 5:42:00 PM

Sounds like something you actually witnessed! And you're a good writer to portray it.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/15/2017 5:53:00 PM

Someone I know did. A sad situation. Thanks, Sunlite!