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Crystal Ignatowski's poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Roanoke Review, honey and lime, Flypaper Magazine, and more. She lives and writes in Oregon.

A POEM TO MY DAUGHTER AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK SHOOTING RANGE by Crystal Ignatowski

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 by Crystal Ignatowski

Nearly five. You
only know good

people. You still
dream of castles,

of knights on horses,
of growing long

hair. Three states
away is another

shooting. Pop pop. Bang
Bang. You just touched

your first fake gun
last week.

The amusement 
park buzzed

like electricity
ready to go out.

You pointed the barrel
at yourself.

We all hesitated
then laughed.

Secretly,
we each felt seen.

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  • Published in Issue 17
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