Brightlight White Lantern
at the edge peripheral his right eye
it appearedflashed
three times random
caught
his attention
snaked by paparazzi
four
words followed two nouns two verbs occurred to him
but he misplaced them
he
hoped theyd reoccur
You kiddin’ me man? delivered with fuckin
doomangloom
Kiddinbout wha
What you wrote. Why, why would you write
her that?
Delicious marrow
Yeah
Its appropriate
You wrote I love you to your delicious
marrow.
Ja
Committed to paper?
Ja
Arya crazy?
Nah
No.
Nah
I coud see me barbecuing her
ribs femurs crackinem suckin marrow fromem as welcome as splittin chicken thigh
leg bones with my teeth to get at theirs as I relish roasted buffalo marrow in
restaurants
You havent tried
Awhellno.
his
disgust palpable
Yahavent lived man I was raised on offalwoud fight a pig for
scraps at a trough
BRIGHT LIGHT WHITE LANTERN
tumblers
lock combination to gain access
get In
In
where
would that be
had no idea
hard
to imagine
no one Outside knew
none had ever heard of someone getting In
thats
what Lifers said
but
they couldnt remember the year they were arrested and interned
although a shoo-in when theyd leave
only got dicey as New Year approached
wondering Can I
stretch this out?into the next.
Will
I be able to string it alongstring out the days or will some fuck try and shiv
me because now they remember I slightedem some time down the line or they’ve
decided to no longer forgive mewouldn’t blameem I forgive no one or they’re tired of being a someone’s bitch?
A new dick might
be nice.
maybe brightlight white lanterns glare
at the corner of his eye were cogs an
incantation to get at those four forgotten words
strung together like pearls
he wished he could remember
before
2323, Sunday, 8 6.
25
1234, Monday,
9 6. 25
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