the_kansas_city_star
bijou
my
heart
stopped
for
a
second
that
night
at
work
at
my
desk
fixing
the
pictures
for
the
paper
,
my
heart
stopped
when
i
saw
those
burned
up
bodies
strung
up
on
the
bridge
and
that
boy
peering
straight
out
of
the
picture
burning
a
hole
in
my
brain
,
he
hates
me
.
he
knows
i
will
see
this
picture
and
see
what
he
has
done
and
then
maybe
i
will
understand
.
i
saw
that
picture
pop
up
on
my
screen
like
the
rest
of
them
do
,
but
i
just
stopped
and
choked
and
tears
fell
right
out
of
my
eyes
on
to
the
keyboard
.
i
could
see
where
the
flesh
had
burned
away
from
the
bodies
and
only
broken
bones
were
left
,
holding
together
parts
of
skin
and
clothes
and
teeth
.
and
that
young
boy's
face
,
that's
what
kept
me
awake
all
night
.
he
could
not
have
been
any
older
than
me
.
i
think
it
was
april
1st.
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