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Retirement Village

the
sign
on
the freezer
door

Do Not Resuscitate

but
he
took
the gun
outside
and
the EMTs
never
saw
it

the neighbor
who
heard
the shot
found him
on
the
porch steps
and
thought
he had
aimed
for the heart
because
of all
the blood
on his
green knit polyester
when
he
hadn't
aimed
there
at
all

they
worked
on him
in
the
ambulance
and
the driver
shut
   the
      siren
         off
at
the corner
of
Rock
and
Hydraulic

Vince Corvaia