An Urn of Cough Drops Toy Store Shootout

Toy Store Shootout

The toy store’s introduction 
Was a mother leading out a screaming child.
Before me, in an aisle,
I spied what she denied—
The violence he held inside,
Which longed to manifest
In tin pistol clicks
And a bloodied imagination.

The Poems of Mister Miner | Commentary

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