Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Great Machinegunist

The great machinegunist

Blew countless clever holes

In innocent pig-tailed puffs

Which blot the serene night sky

In pathetic remnants.

I sit, head resting, watching its stilled corpse.

The brush of sound invades my ears.

Ah, the urgency of night revelers.

Once one with them, now alien.

No longer brushing as they brush.

Defying the puffed, shot-through canvas.

I wait for tears to erupt,

But serenity persists.

Filled with surreal promises,

I anticipate fulfillment.

The clop of leaden feet

Stumble across the blue-collar cement.

And I ponder Purpose.

Jokingly,

There is none.

[Audience laughs]

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