riverrun Vol. 47
This is Volume 47 of the UCCS Student Literary and Arts Journal that was begun in 1971 by Dr. C. Kenneth Pellow. For the last 40 years, it has been published and circulated at the end of every spring semester showcasing fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art that has been created by UCCS students.
This is Volume 47 of the UCCS Student Literary and Arts Journal that was begun in 1971 by Dr. C. Kenneth Pellow. For the last 40 years, it has been published and circulated at the end of every spring semester showcasing fiction, poetry, nonfiction and visual art that has been created by UCCS students.
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wards him, the father felt a sense of doom. Now, the father turned the firearm on
himself. “Honey, don’t do that, there is help for you, please, I love you.” She took
another step forward. He pointed the gun at her, then he placed it under his chin,
then he pointed it back at her. Meanwhile, the wife was slowly making her way to
her husband and the rooster was singing its song. The gun was on him, the gun
was on his wife.
The gun was on him, the gun was on his wife. Truly, the sonless father did not
know who was going to be on the receiving end of the barrel when the gun was
discharged, all he knew was the trigger would be pulled.
The blast of the gun brought silence. The wind went still as if nature itself had
nothing left to say. The only remaining sound was the song of the rooster.
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