A month ago, he’d had enough, poor Jack,<\/p>\n
and wondered how to end it all without<\/p>\n
upsetting the delicate status quo.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He couldn’t wait for daylight.\u00a0 He couldn’t<\/p>\n
wait till everyone was gone.\u00a0 Up he ran,<\/p>\n
quick as he could, before anyone<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
had a chance.\u00a0 There it lay, the crossbow,<\/p>\n
strung up and ready to go, and so he pointed<\/p>\n
it at himself and fired<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
in such a way that first it pierced his chin.<\/p>\n
His blood spattered in all directions, sorry,<\/p>\n
no apologies, but it had to be<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
this way.\u00a0 Someone would mop it up later,<\/p>\n
someone else always did, and, sure enough,<\/p>\n
there she stood, ordering him<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
not to move, screaming at him not to pull<\/p>\n
that bloody arrow out, but oh what did she<\/p>\n
know about it all, what did she<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
know, as she called the amb?\u00a0 They sent the<\/p>\n
heli but before it came he decided he’d had<\/p>\n
enough, poor Jack, enough,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
and pulled it out before he himself could<\/p>\n
have changed his mind.\u00a0 And there he lay, his<\/p>\n
life spilled by his own hand.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u00a9\u00a0 Ella Wagemakers, 10.59 Dutch time (= \u00a04.59 EST in the US)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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