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I Shot Her
by James Babbs
I had this huge crush on her
dreamed of kissing her
she was a few years older than me
and her brother was my age
and he gave me the BB gun
because I wanted to see how it felt
she was standing a few feet away
and I said hey look pointing
the gun at her knowing that was
something I wasn’t supposed to do
the gun going off or maybe
I hit the trigger and
I shot her in the mouth
throwing the gun down
running over to her and
asking her if she was okay
watching the blood pouring out
flowing down her chin
and we took her inside
running cold water over it
from the faucet in the kitchen
trying to stop the bleeding
her head down in the sink
but she ended up having to
go to the hospital and
get a couple of stitches but
she said they left the BB in there
and it would probably just dissolve
and when she got her stitches out
nobody knew the difference
but every time I saw her smile
I could always tell
May 2008
106