Back in the
bedroom of her youth Dana looked around at all her memories. Her parents had left her room just as it had
been when she was a child. Debate team
awards, cheerleading trophies, honor roll certificates all hung were Dana had
hung them back in High School. There in
the corner of the room Dana noticed her old toy chest. Dana got down on her knees before the chest
and lifted the lid. Inside were all of
her old Barbie dolls. Perfume Dream
Barbie, Peaches’n Cream Barbie, Astronaut Barbie, Happy Holidays Barbie, Golden
Dream Barbie and Fabulous Fur Barbie.
Dana took each Barbie out of the toy chest and looked it over like a
child unwrapping presents on Christmas morning.
Each was in pristine condition, all the clothing pieces and shoes
intact. Collectors items.
Dana
scooped up all the Barbies into her arms then took them downstairs to the
dining room. She then sat each Barbie
around the table. From her purse Dana
removed her 5 cylinder 357 Magnum Ruger LCR handgun. Dana opened the cylinder and slid one bullet
into the chamber. Then she spun it and
clicked it closed. Dana set the Ruger down in the middle
of the table and spun the gun. The Ruger
spun and spun, then slowed to a stop.
The barrel of the gun pointed at Peaches’n Cream Barbie.
“Well then Pacifist Peaches’n
Cream I guess you get to go first.” said Dana as she lifted the gun from the
table, released the safety and put it to the side of the Barbies head. Dana squeezed the trigger and the gun
clicked. Peaches’n Cream Babrie smiled
into the distance. “Ok, then who is
next?” asked Dana as she put the gun back down on the table and spun it. The Barbies smiled and waited for the gun to
stop. This time it stopped in front of
Happy Holidays Barbie. Dana picked up
the gun and held it to Happy Holidays Barbie’s head. “In God’s America we say Merry Christmas and
not Happy fucking Holiday’s, isn’t that right you Liberal Loving Snowflake
Barbie?”
Dana squeezed the trigger of the
Ruger and the gun fired, exploding the plastic head of Happy Holidays
Barbie. The bullet flew through the
dining room and piercing a hole in the kitchen window, finally logging itself
in a great oak tree in her parents backyard. The headless Barbie lay slumped
over on the ground. The rest of the
Barbies looked on and continued to smile.
“Bummer, that was faster than I expected. I didn’t even get my turn.” said Dana. Then she scooped up the rest of the Barbies
and brought them up to her room where she dumped them back into the toy
chest.
When Dana came back downstairs
her parents were just walking into the house.
The smell of gunpowder hung in the air.
Her father noticed the headless Barbie in the dining room just as her
mother found the bullet hole in the kitchen window. Both parents looked at one another and shook
their heads. As Dana walked into the kitchen her mother turned to her father
and said “oh dear, I was so hoping that one day she would grow out of this
behavior.” Her father just shook his
head and smiled at his baby girl.
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