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Poem – Response to John Verghese’s Video

Bang!
The gunshot rings out – shattering the silence – people startle, look, buzzing like bees as the hive is disturbed –
The body falls.
Red blooms on white sand.
Aiiieee!
The scream rings out – shattering the silence – people startle, scream as well, run like deer as the herd discovers danger in their midst –
The body lies still.
The red sand dries.
The Blind Woman Smiles.
(She smiles and her mouth is the grinning teeth of a skull, her dark sunglasses are the eye holes, her skin bone. Death turns, and walks away.)