“Mamie Hears the Roar”

by AJ Brantley

Allie, sixteen, is sandy blonde like her mama.

Kiki, seventeen.…is fair with long dark hair.

And then Minnie...

Body as withered as her sisters' are ripe.

Mamie hears the roar,

The men burst like a storm.

Allie and Kiki sit stone-faced,

And then Minnie...

Minit Man has one hand down Kiki's shirt,

Allie.. .hunches her shoulders as if to hide her breasts…

And then Minnie.

Then in a flash of metal,

The room blooms dark.

Mamie hears the roar,

"I'm hit, am I hit Minit Man?"

"Shit!"

Mamie hears the roar...

Minnie says loud...

"Dogs in a pack,

No guts by yourself

And nothing to get to know.

Sad, ain't it?"