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Afterdeath
December 9, 2014
Crack!
Shot
Red
Wine
Warm
Wet
Spreads
Groan
Chest
Pain
Fear
Snap!
Peace
Then
Beige
Numb
Heart
Ache
Stays
Marble
Still
I expected silence
But there is a high-pitched ringing
And echoes of my stolen pulse
© Lauren R., Edmond, OK
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"Afterdeath" is intended to express the sensations experienced in a dream about being shot in the heart and killed, and subsquently waking in a barren afterlife.