Monday, June 22, 2009

the lawn

ash and blood litter the streets
    as people run in chaotic patterns
     with smoke-filled lungs.

dam i smoked my last cigarette.
 
man with briefcase throwing rocks
   at a wall of oppression
     as a stampede of varying resolve
      charges against it.  

i think i should mow the lawn.
 
eyes blinded with pepper…
   blinded with blood…
     blinded with rage.

is this all that is on?  wanna watch a movie tonight?
 
some cry victory,
 others scream corruption…
    painted hands and faces…
    like war-paint… hmm…

i think i’ll paint the patio
 
an eerie cloaked procession
   moves to unveil their voices…
     almost zeno-stoic…
       like some tears that proceed down my face…
   and as the first ones reach the corners of my mouth…
  my heart finally breaks…
 
i better mow the lawn


~csr

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