What I Would Ask of the Gun
by Laryssa Wirstiuk
Rather than kill me, awaken
useful skills I hadn’t known
until this incident: dismounts
from galloping horses meant
for skilled cowgirls; Morse code
transmitting; trauma nursing
in emergency room settings;
careful hands for brain surgery;
erasure of a phobia of bees;
correction: abolish my fear
of everything; accomplished
politician; keeper of promises;
established opera personality;
dismantler of gears; sightseeing
tour guide; Grizzly-bear trainer;
truly alive. Awaken the latent
intelligence of fully populating
each moment with sentience.
Allow me to stop the forgetting
that comes with being one thing.
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