Ejecutar el Toro
I woke to clanking and an out of tune nocturne. When I opened my bedroom door it wasn't home anymore, but my parent's old house. It looked like we were barely moving out. Soot covered the white walls. It was empty apart from the couches downstairs beyond the handrails, then to my right my antique piano with hammers going wild. Jonathan was trying to push it down the stairs for me, Adam was below pulling it by rope, although I remembered telling them not to do it because it was too difficult. It wouldn't budge.
The piano suddenly shifted hard and caught Jonathan's arm between the railing. I screamed. There was blood everywhere as I sat beside him and cradled his head on my lap. His ring finger was mauled, stringy, and another had fallen off. The whole arm was broken. He passed out for a short while then woke, but coudln't speak. And all I could say was, "Oh daddy, oh my daddy, daddy!" over and over.
I told myself I'd get him to a car and to a hospital, and fix him, make him perfect, no matter the cost. I was able to get him downstairs but he passed out again. He fell like an anchor and I cradled him. Although I knew the family was home no one was coming to help. I grunted and moaned.
Mindy and Adam walked by. They stared for a minute, black faces, then Mindy turned to Adam and made small talk. "So I don't think we should watch that movie today."
What? I kept crying, moaning louder. Then felt like shit when I woke up.
The piano suddenly shifted hard and caught Jonathan's arm between the railing. I screamed. There was blood everywhere as I sat beside him and cradled his head on my lap. His ring finger was mauled, stringy, and another had fallen off. The whole arm was broken. He passed out for a short while then woke, but coudln't speak. And all I could say was, "Oh daddy, oh my daddy, daddy!" over and over.
I told myself I'd get him to a car and to a hospital, and fix him, make him perfect, no matter the cost. I was able to get him downstairs but he passed out again. He fell like an anchor and I cradled him. Although I knew the family was home no one was coming to help. I grunted and moaned.
Mindy and Adam walked by. They stared for a minute, black faces, then Mindy turned to Adam and made small talk. "So I don't think we should watch that movie today."
What? I kept crying, moaning louder. Then felt like shit when I woke up.