have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light

The Angels that my roommate saw that evening and the aviling prayers of my Mother had truly prevented us from being yet another fatality in America's gun violence epidemic. Thankfully, he was a terrible shooter and not one bullet struck our vehicle. Luckily the car was empty and we sped off towards the police lights. Similar to the photo above, I’ll never forget ducking down and looking back to see flames coming out of the muzzle of the gun.Īs I turned my gaze forward, the back windshield of the car in front of us shattered. I can still hear the thunder of the firearm: boom, boom, boom. Thinking that we were trying to chase them, one of the robbers opened fire on our car eight times at a close range. We quickly moved to the car and drove off towards flashing police lights in the distance. They stole our jewelry and then quickly ran off into the night. Our initial response was to push the guns away, to which our assailants threatened that they would shoot us.

Seconds later each of us had the barrels of loaded guns pressed against our torsos. I affirmed his vision to appease him and wondered to myself how much he had to drink. I offered to be the designated driver for the night so he could take his mind off the emotions of the breakup and have a good time.Ĭoming out of the club that morning, as fate would have it, my roommate began to say that there were Angels all around us and that he could see them. Late in the summer of 2011, I ventured out with my roommate to Queens on a school night in an attempt to lift his spirits as he was dealing with a breakup. I sure have danced with that devil in the pale moonlight.

Moreover, did that tangle with fate deliver grief and sorrow to his life experience. You see, what The Joker is asking Bruce is if he’s ever wrestled with fate. This is the iconic question that The Joker, played by the legendary Jack Nicholson, posed to his victims in Tim Burton’s 1989 film, Batman.

'You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?' Silverbacks Note: This is the third installment of a three-part series on American gun violence.

Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light