the cemetery is being paved over /
for an open-air penitentiary /
the prisoners should be as healthy and tanned as possible /
Mars is aggrieved /
that’s what my horoscope says /
the tea pot fills up /
like a drowning lung /
steaming rather than screaming /
reliving its last day again tomorrow /
can we seem to float, just today /
I washed the floor /
delay the spitting /
turn the traffic lights off /
set up the lawn chairs along 16th /
test those bones at the intersections /
fireworks are a sentimental reminder /
of successful wars in the suburbs /
souls exploding in the dark air /
making a show of their short lives /
see or be seen /
those are the options in this A.D. /
everyone’s their own fool /
flashing a thinned shine /
going down for another last time
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