Bulls eye

evidence of flinch, (my) flinching learned to pull a trigger strapping up perhaps, there is (was) a war & the (Right’s wrong) Trump (is) coming for people (othered) like me. evidence of flinch, (my flinching) the Glock was heavy loaded, loud. recoil a surprise. steady. breathe. release. bulls (eye). bulls (eye).

Star Spangled (what?)

It’s time to pick a side (& the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air) Someone said they shouldn’t have been there (gave proof through the night, that) Shouldn’t have been there, knee to neck Shouldn’t have been, tear gas & flare Shouldn’t have, knocked down head open & split Sides picked in the …