A short piece written for this challenge – Thank you Peter
The shooter aimed his weapon from a thousand yards away.
At the bottom of his exhale he pulled the trigger back and held it, waiting to see the impact through the scope.
It was a shot he had made a thousand times before. He’d never missed until today.
Three weeks earlier and half the world away, a butterfly flapped her wings
tnkerr-Writing Prompts and Practice 
Explain the header image. It’s new! Are you a grandfather again?
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No new grandchildren. Nope. Just the faces from an old Melchers painting. One of the perks of having parents who taught art and art history. I first saw this painting in one of my mother’s books; when I was but a lad.
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I like that painting too. Loved the story.
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