there are two girls on the rooftop
and on the horizon before them, the sun bows down
red.
it will not touch them with its rays.
it dares not.

i always wanted to be a killer, the first girl says,
head turned to look over her shoulder,
all that blood, ha ha ha ha.
oh? the second girl raises her eyebrows.
i wanted to be a doctor.
imagine, all that flesh and skin and bone. crunch crunch.
the first girl giggles. i'm a regular da vinci,  she announces,
then drags her fingers through the air.
i'd paint with all the gorgeous humanity i took. take.
the second girl reclines. it's more fun, giving it, then taking it away.

the two girls have the same shadow.