Word Count: 188<\/p>\n

Click!<\/em> and the child is running away from her tagger, a game that Click!<\/em> several children are playing.<\/p>\n

Click!<\/em> and the sleek black Camero slides down the street. Click!<\/em> past the grocery and Click!<\/em> past the corner and Click!<\/em> only feet from the sidewalk where children are chasing each other from between close-set houses and Click!<\/em> Look how they giggle and shout!<\/p>\n

Click!<\/em> and the child runs into the street, Click!<\/em> as the driver catches the flash of pink sweater, Click!<\/em> as his mouth clenches tight in a just-before terror and Click!<\/em> as his foot stomps the brake.<\/p>\n

And Click!<\/em> as the car swerves too late, too late, and the child flies through the air as she\u2019s seen Click!<\/em> Superman do on TV.<\/p>\n

Click!<\/em> and the car sits crumpled and grouchy-faced, Click!<\/em> its teeth gnawing a tree. And Click!<\/em> as the child lies bleeding and the children stare wide-eyed and scared. Click! Click. Click.<\/em><\/p>\n

A wide angled lens would catch Click!<\/em> the crowd gather. Zoom in and Click!<\/em> as a mother hangs, half-running, half screaming; hangs impossibly balanced and still in the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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