Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Butcher's Bill

Sex and death in the same breath
Profundity?  What was that for?
I've got ghillie-suited snipers
Knocking at my door.

You say you smelled smoke?
You spoke too soon.  I've doused
The flames.  Curtains of shame
Drape plastic window panes.

Acrid as a Larkin street whore
I've been.  Sorry, I'll truck with men.
Sound alarms for poor Mr. Yorke:
He needs surprises, but when?

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