goosebumps
they gave the boy permission
and so he did what he did
no questions asked
no consequences for his actions
it’s a wonder he made it
all the way to adulthood
he wasn’t a natural born killer
simply trained in such ways
moving on from animals
to ordinary people
picking & choosing as if
he were some sort of god
as if he didn’t know any better
neither wrong from right
or the photographs that he kept
may two thousand twenty-four
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