
remember the days?—
dimebags
and diamonds
cutting through steel
hot and heavy
doused in liquid cool
tempered
ready to rock—
a hell of a run
ended
by the sound
of a mother
fucking
gun.
POET’S NOTE:
For Darrell. Fuck gun violence and the culture that enables, empowers, and produces it.
Part of the Truth, Applied collection.
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, September 3, 2026.

Coming this Macabre Monday
DEVILISHLY DREADFUL
A second season of gothic dread
starting tomorrow, September 14, 2026.
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.


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