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| Image by Adam Rosenlund via Boise Weekly, Jan. 3, 2016. |
To you, the line between your version of us
and them comes down to a quick draw,
a pithy line after the bullet finds its mark;
dehumanization is the only way
you can justify your ammosexuality.
You ignore everyone that calls you 'terrorist'.
You point out that if you were a terrorist,
you would see drones flying above you
like birds of prey. You forget how terrorism
built this country treaty by treaty
blanket by blanket, ballot by ballot,
bullet by bullet.
J. Bradley is the winner of Five [Quarterly]'s 2015 e-chapbook contest for fiction.