one big bloody mess
no one says the poems made then do it – no one blames the words for school rampages or lonely murders in backwaters
death under quivering leaves
the sound of wind scared them when they were in the open –
– she didn’t like his poetry because she couldn’t read words
– it was all one big bloody mess to her – just scribbles – she hid facts under blankets of guilt
stored her fear in the freezer
blamed his poetry when she killed his cat –
the ancient globe in the corner spun – the word was dizzy and off kilter –
it’s the same all over –
she washes her self with the shower head tilted at the right angle –
IMPURE THOUGHTS DRIBBLE TYRANNOUS GUILT MATHEMATICAL GUILT
POETRY CAUSES DREAMY APARTNESS REAL LIFE UNREACHABLE
EVERYONE BLAMES FEMALE MYSTERIES THE BENDERS OF ANXIETY
DISSECTED AND ANATOMIZED TO REMOVE THOSE DEVILS
THE WOMB OPENED WIDE HUDDLED FRANK ZAPPA BRAIN DEAD
HIS PAINT HAS PEELED OFF THE WALL EGGLIKE HEAD ALL PUFFY
PINK STALAGMITES LIKE BULL ORGANS READY TO GO IN
BLAST THE CATHEDRAL DADDY DISORIENTING JISM
MURDERS IN THE BACKWATERS HEX SIGNS ON THE ROCKS
AN ANDROGYNOUS ANGEL DEAD SILENT SCIENCE
HAND-HELD ARMOURED HARDNESS HOSTILE UNDULATIONS
DRAPERIES HANG EVERWHERE THE DETECTIVES QUESTION THEM
YOU CAN SMELL HEBRAIC SMOKE… PAINPILLS IN GIANT TABLET FORM
THE BODY WAS COVERED IN LEAVES THAT WERE NERVOUS
PUCKERED NIPPLES AS IF AT ANY MOMENT A LURKING APE
WOULD SPRING FORTH IGNITING THE FLAMES OF THE IMAGINATION
AUTOEROTICISM IS AN INTERSTATE WITH 70 mph SPEED LIMITS
WITCHES AND SORCERERS VISIT THE REST AREAS
THERE ARE MANY TRAPS AND DELAYS IN THE RESTROOMS
ENLARGEMENT AND MULTIPLICATION ON THE HALF-HOUR
THE DETECTIVES EVEN QUESTION A NEARBY TRIBE OF CANNIBALS
WHO MENTALLY WEIGHT THE MERITS OF VARIOUS BODY PARTS
AN APPETIZING SELECTION…..BOTH POET AND READER ARE IMPLICATED
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JOAN HAS PAID SOMEONE TO WASH THE HEX SIGNS OFF THE ROCKS
THEY WERE WELL-WORN CLICHES ANYWAY
IT WASN’T GUILT SHE HID UNDER BLANKETS
IT WAS HYPOTHETICAL NORMS
DEVIATIONS WERE NEVER WELCOME IN HER HOME
HER FLEXIBILITY WAS ZERO
ON RARE OCCASIONS HER FACE ITCHED
SHE HAD A DEVICE TO MASSAGE IT
CAREFUL NOT TO DAMAGE HER FACIAL FABRIC
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