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" If you've never shot a gun,
You can’t understand
how it feels in your hands.
Cool to the touch, all its venom
coiled inside, deadly,
like a steel-scaled serpent. Awaiting your bidding.
You select it’s prey… paper,
tin, or flesh. You lie in wait,
learn that patience is the killer’s
most trustworthy accomplice.
You choose the moment. What. Where. When. Decided.
But the how is everything.
You lift your weapon,
ease it into place, cock it,
to load it, knowing the
satisfying snitch means a bullet is yours to command.
Now, make or break,
it’s all up to you. You
aim knowing a hair either
way means bull’s-eye or miss.
Success or failure. Life or death.
You have to relax,
convince your muscles
not to be tense, not to betray
you. Sight again. Adjust.
Don’t become distracted by the heat of the hunt.
Instincts take over.
You shoot and adrenaline
screams as your target shreds
or the flesh drops. And for
one indescribable moment you are God. "

Ellen Hopkins , Burned (Burned, #1)


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Ellen Hopkins quote : If you've never shot a gun,<br />You can’t understand<br />how it feels in your hands.<br />Cool to the touch, all its venom<br />coiled inside, deadly,<br />like a steel-scaled serpent. Awaiting your bidding.<br />You select it’s prey… paper,<br />tin, or flesh. You lie in wait,<br />learn that patience is the killer’s<br />most trustworthy accomplice.<br />You choose the moment. What. Where. When. Decided.<br />But the how is everything.<br />You lift your weapon,<br />ease it into place, cock it,<br />to load it, knowing the<br />satisfying snitch means a bullet is yours to command.<br />Now, make or break,<br />it’s all up to you. You<br />aim knowing a hair either<br />way means bull’s-eye or miss.<br />Success or failure. Life or death.<br />You have to relax,<br />convince your muscles<br />not to be tense, not to betray<br />you. Sight again. Adjust.<br />Don’t become distracted by the heat of the hunt.<br />Instincts take over.<br />You shoot and adrenaline<br />screams as your target shreds<br />or the flesh drops. And for<br />one indescribable moment you are God.