Linda Craddick Poet Free verse

Surprised

I don’t remember why, but the boy who lived in the house we gathered in front of 
Got his BB gun from the garage, took aim, and shot me in the arm.
We were friends.
I think it surprised us both.

Original Poem BB Gun: A Poem in Three Parts
Excerpt submitted 11/14/21

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Rico Leffanta November 14, 2021 at 11:15 AM Luckily, you learnt to duck? That is the irritating thing about guns, i.e., they tend to shoot where they are aimed! Instead of gunpowder, we need weapons that exchange carbon dioxide for fresh air . . . . .