I am the son of none /
grave landscape shape by /
motherboards, hard drives and silken soot /
a dull christmas every day /
don’t miss my heart /
or other misc organs /
ballooning more each day /
floating in the sharp blue ozone /
above colourful territorial flags /
directing the parade route to boxcar barracks /
in alternating shades of red and green /
to match the single-issued t-shirts /
and towering promotional posters /
I thought I found a god /
at a picnic table /
the one that originally formed /
all this questionable matter /
then receded /
back for closing night ceremonies /
and finally, a name tag /
to place the face in a /
sea of old parts /
my head is elsewhere /
my liver is in the bin /
holding the other trash down /
we are new everyday /
leaving a long line of bodies /
wrapped in yesterday’s fumes
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