Shooting Smiles

A black
room filled strangers

black air  
the only visible sense

hands holding guns
blowing through 
hearts

smiles behind
smoked barrels 

bodies drop
as bullets soar
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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February 12, 2013 at 8:07 AM
hum,,, at first i thought i would walk into a room of smiles..instead i walked into a room, where smiles were killed... xool poem..LINDA
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February 12, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Thank you, about war and the killing of complete strangers.
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