Thursday, August 13, 2009

Photographs of the Corrupt Taking Communion Every Sunday

I watch as a watchman would watch from his tower,
Asleep in the doldrums, astounded by comforts,

Sardines on his plate slated with celery,
Conscience suspended among the laundry

Waiting for a Sunday, wilting for caress,
Some buttress to criminals’ duress.

Who wants rhyme, why hunger for justice
When justices crave only lust? And just as I was

About to confess to you—the mange disappears,
Cellophane morass turn to rum molasses,

Though also well-augured by witnesses to
Future shit, the blithe brothers, “forever and

Ever, all men created equal, today and whenever,
When the train leaves at any given time of arrival.”

So, this cannot wait, I have to protest the crassness.
I cannot be late, I need documenting cameras.

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