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Club Q Shooter

Ravenous dream, cluttered and unclean. Aberrant darkness, hideous and unseen. Raging killer, seething; hardly breathing. Raving butcher, leaving death and bleeding. What demons lurk for a murderer in a gay enclave? Name the repressed desires by which the slayer is enslaved. How many kills kill off latent amorous specters in their heart? Craven homophobe assassinates their shadow from the start. What torrent of torment molds a gay executioner? What self-loathing this child of incendiary invectives? What self-shaming open wounds forever fester? What ambiguous mask to hide the emotive? What type of culture is so threatened by how we love? What perversion of fear breeds within so many thereof? What sinister civilization spreads this hate potion? What dogma of night terrors releases this poison? Ravenous phantoms, virulent apparitions, The shooter never lacking in ammunition. Delicate petals hold ethereal love and kindness. The rifleman can never kill them in his blindness.

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Date: 11/24/2022 10:02:00 PM
Wow! A powerful write, Thomas, that asks so many pertinent, rhetorical questions. I think you are quite right that the killer tries to kill his repressed desires that he sees celebrated (openly) by others. And yet the very love exhibited by his victims remains impervious to bullets. Congratulations! Another home run. Cheers Brian
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Date: 11/26/2022 12:51:00 AM
Yes, the more I read about the childhood of this self-declared nonbinary, the more it becomes apparent that their violent, dysfunctional family was probably a major factor in shaping their self-loathing and shame. Projecting that self-loathing out onto those who remind them of this inner torment just takes it to the next level. Thank you for sharing your insights, Brian!

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