Single Gun Theory

The Point Beyond Which Something Will Happen

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