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Trigger


Pulling the trigger is easy

Some dont know they did.

but once it is pulled you can not retract it.

you can not talk it back down the barrel

the damage is done.

the hot lead burns inside of them

like the burning magma in a dead volcano

never to come out only to be scarred over.

the scars never fade they'realways there

as a sign, a memory,as a warning.

pulling the trigger is easy

the aftermath is the difficult part.

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Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda
<p>Powerful expression!&nbsp;</p>

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