Single Gun Theory

You are about to experience it in its reality.
In this moment, know yourself, and abide in that state.
I lie down in a river of love
go to the edge and fall
plunge to the deep and hold my breath
braced against the oncoming
I lie down in a river of blood
go to the edge and die a thousand times
look to the viscous barrier
I might end, I might heal this night
at the point beyond which something will happen
at the point beyond which something will occur
The morning was fine.
I saw a red dragonfly land on the wall in front of me
the words of a Hiroshima survivor,
describing his surroundings ten minutes before the blast