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unnecessary and redundant words, the ending of this urban folk tale
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provokes relieved laughter. Then a dawning realization that if
innocent people were not shot every day, the tale would not be so
compelling.
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Despite their modern flavor, urban folk tales like “Gunshot Wound”
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still warn, reassure, and are entertaining. In a way, they
transport us too that ancestral fire where we huddle together in
temporary safety, a circle against the darkness.
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