This short is all about grief, loss and family. It is pregnant and intense with a whole manner of emotions. The abstract animation style leads to an impressionistic work-certain sections are either dreams, memories or fancies-that cuts to the core of parents losing a child. On that level the film is accessible to everyone. However, I interpret the text around the cause of the child's death to be bluntly about the sheer access that Americans have to guns and the all too American *fear* that leads to our bizarre, misanthropic gun culture. I might be adding this to the short but I cannot but see this as simple condemnation of being armed to the teeth.