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Overnight, the street corner blossoms with flowers some in
clusters, a few tied with ribbons in vases, and others evidently
just plucked out from gardens that day. Interspered with the
flowers are votive candles with their lights flickering lazily in the cloudy but bright morning.
In the center is a framed picture of the victim, a high school student, who was shot the night before. Then there are the mourners huddled quietly against each other trying to console themselves and come to grips with the grim reality of the drive-by shooting. With defiant resignation, they talk in whispers.
long shadows frame
Drive-by shooting
Victor P. Gendrano
the makeshift shrine
red red roses
Uploaded 27 January 2003
Copyright © Victor P. Gendrano. All rights reserved.
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