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
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