he was hiding from the
christians
again
crouching behind the office desk
he felt the cold plastic of the
ipod
in his pocket
and
he knew he was right
which raised an interesting question
if the
christians
outside thought they were right
and he thought he was right
then
how could either of them be wrong
that was a question that he and
patrick
would go on for hours about
but
they'd
stopped all that now
so
he was going to stop all of them
patrick
never would have approved
and that was why
they
brought him in
why isn't patrick
more manly
he's not a real boy
you don't suppose he's
no
he can't be
but what if
no
no son of mine
would be one of them
look dear
therapy
they'll make him
Normal
like he should be
so what
so what if they beat him
it'll fix him
so what if they make him feel small
it'll fix him
so what if they tell him he's wrong
it'll fix him
well guess what
it didn't
he found the chord
plugged the player in
stood up
took a breath
for
patrick
always for him
find his favorite song
hit play
hear the drums
'here's the thing we started out friends'
oh how they hated this
he can hear them coming now
to find out which queer was messing up the audio
stopping the hymns
they open the door
and he smiles
this is it
he pulls the trigger
and watches the bigots bleed
'but since you been gone/i can breath for the first time'
door by door
kill them all
leave not a single freak homophobe alive
leave the kids
but let them watch
this is their vengeance
they all go down
this is perfect
they don't know what hit them
they weren't prepared for a shooter
here come the police
he stands on a table
begins to sing
as the cops approach
patrick
could sing with the best of them
but he
he couldn't
but he tried anyway
his favorite song this time
he sang as they shot him
everybody's got the right to be happy.
say, enough it's not as tough
as it seems don't be scared
you won't prevail everybody's
free to fail no one can be put in jail
for their dreams free country
bullet in his head
before he could
sing the end of the line
-Means your dreams can come true-
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