Thursday, October 23, 2014

The Body Is Always The Victim Valentine

At 3:33 in the afternoon
the neighbor’s chainsaw went off
when I just happened to look up
at the clock as I always do
at that time hearing the screams
and then the blocks of wood
getting stacked under the lean-to
the old people had to travel south
the best way to beat the winter
they founded no great cities
but preferred hiking and camping
and who can blame them now
we can see who loves the land
knows it can’t be raped

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