Belly Up
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It was that calm before a tempest blew through the town
It was that stillness before a crack of lighning pierces the sky
It was that silent bubble of air before you drown
It was that gentle breeze before a thousand drops fall in the night
I was next to my window, watching the greyness up above
Predicting when the first bolt would strike the ground
Then, I heard the sound of a body receiving a hard shove
Before I heard the unloading of a round
I look out my window to see a man floating on the pavement
His wounded body slick with liquid rubies
The street is quiet with no sign of movement
While the man coughs up bloody loogies
Twenty minutes later, police found a dead man belly up
His murderer taught him what happened to people that were corrupt