On the Junction Street sidewalk
a body is almost ready to be taken away.
Daylight’s not being kind to him.
The flies touch and go in rising numbers.
The stain on the sidewalk looks like an umbrella,
but that won’t keep the rain from washing it off.
Someday, maybe, but not today.
The tense cops wait for the technicians to finish.
Two kids in the watching crowd
push each other around, and their fathers come to blows.
Bloodlust, once freed, is contagious.
On the fringe of the ugly crowd
a shrunken man knows he’s currently unaccused
and likely to remain that way. Tonight
he’s going to sleep well.
Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.
Dark Matter 
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 22nd, 2005 at 3:56 am
Thanks. I had to really, really think about how to end this one. I like how it came out.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.
January 21st, 2005 at 10:14 pm
“Kill or be killed?
The difference is so small sometimes
that you need to wipe the blood away to see it.”
Wow.