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[71] O N E E Y E The children do exactly as they’re told. They stand in line. Let’s play a game. First or last, it doesn’t matter. There will be no prize. The economy of lead: to make the most dead. How many can he pierce with one bullet? He fires when the row is ruler straight. All fall but one, whom he beheads. Next time, he’ll pack them tight as fish. The dominoes lie flat and still. He wipes the blade of his bayonet. Their eyes pursue him like a dog, street after street. ...

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