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In the Casket

A black man makes an observation

By Skyler SaundersPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
In the Casket
Photo by Arnav Singhal on Unsplash

It struck him as odd that the news cameras didn’t capture the small incision in his father’s casket. Within it held the pistol he used to gun down the man who killed ten people. The black man felt the box and ran his hands over the part where the gun had been inserted.

There was a bit of a smirk on the dead man’s face as if he knew his heroic actions had a powerful effect on the people of Wilmington, Delaware. The photo of the suit he was to be buried in was sent around the world with vim.

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