a_better_mood cr0wl shots do not ring out bells do and if this was a bell ringing then it was a shout a piercing cry into an inhospitable environment announcing a sudden loss something that just shouldn't happen this was not a ringing bell this was an angry slap of a swift hand against an innocent face a violent assault of sound a mimicry of unjust death and so i saw the deer laying in the parking lot and the careful cop thirty feet away gun raised i heard him shoot fear is like a bullet it strikes you hard and finds its end and then dies just when you think you are drowning suddenly you're treading water i drove away and heard the second shot blinking slowly to change the subject of my soul clarity itself would put me in a better mood 100619 ... lostgirl i saw this situation just a few weeks ago as i was leaving the lake. the deer on the ground, barely alive, twitching with eyes that were spookily aware...and the police officer with his rifle raised and ready. i couldn't watch. already blinded by unrelated tears, i hit the gas and blasted the music as i drove on. i had just made an important decision, and didn't want it punctuated with a gunshot. 100619 what's it to you? who go blather from