a magical suicide
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his most difficult act is when he's high he transforms into houdini a black one who can make a handgun disappear while being frisked by uniformed masters of blue illusions who join in the spectacle of cuffing his hands behind his back confining him to the backseat of a squad car then turning and looking away while he twists his body like a contortionist frees himself and brandishes a loaded weapon then pulls the trigger and shoots himself in the chest and abracadabra no hocus pocus and just like that he's gone we all sit still spellbound speechless [End Page 145]
Dana L. Stringer is the author of the chapbook In Between Faith (Black Picket Fence, 2014). She holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, where she also serves as an instructional facilitator and instructor in the Inspiration2Publication online program.
