Plot twist

 
 
Reaching for a hand
bumped a trigger instead
 
Watching the projectile enter between ribs
Standing frozen
in that familiar helpless distortion
Reality melting as ears buzz
with the roar of silent confusion
 
Feeling the slow explosion inside  
fragments flying off in all directions  
lodging in heart, brain, throat
Smearing memories, slicing futures
This was an unforeseen plot twist
 
But look!
That growing red stain is so pretty
 
I guess this is how the end begins


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