all the pretty colors on the walls
they shouted and banged
clanged and rang in my ears until the demons screamed for mercy
I licked the trigger
I liked the metal, the copper taste
burnt and burning
and the door flew open in dad's clumsy rage
and then he saw it. the light
my knight
and I pierced his face in a rich hue
a smiling balloon
an explosion of joy
a mess
I'd never seen my dad so happy than the time his brains painted the wall
