It’s a drab Saturday afternoon, most are dormant and disengaged from workday frenzy, light snow layers the spotty slick ice, a cold breeze cuts through my snow laden scarf, unobtrusive to any, walking is slowed by a tested concern for falling.<\/p>\n
On the fringe of suburbia, middle class houses straddle the road, I walk river in sight, nearing home, supplies packaged in a backpack, my center adjusted, returning from a grocery run, an excuse for exercise the motivation.<\/p>\n
Ears muffled by two hats, the outer woolen and billed, my cadence shifts with sounding beats, gangster rap pulsing moderately, the low bass tones coherent, “Thump Thump Thump,” a vehicle’s rubber tires pierce the frozen sand embued surface and crackle a casual approach.<\/p>\n
As a turquoise tinted olive sedan passes, a driver hidden behind the half opened darkened smoke window murmurs “Bang Bang Bang,” hinting manifested superiority at the pistol grip of a gun, my sprawled bloodied body now lifeless, crimson melting icy white below, the punk not missing a beat continues his troll for the others deserving of his righteous requiem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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