1.4.12
LOOK OUT
I don't know humans
from the stuttering
shells of machine guns
I don't know
soldiers from saints
I can't tell a razor blade
from an ink pen
I can't tell a gun shot from a kiss
I don't see the difference
between jackals and police men
or carnivals and prisons
shackles and tennis shoes
sidewalks and clouds
coffins and bath tubs
I see no distinction between
inhumation and orgasm
among boot heels hammer blows
orchestral music screaming
heart beats screaming
screaming thunder bolts
melt down laughter whispering
dreaming, I suspect no reason
to make a connection between
the aforementioned
as surely as I don't
know them
from you
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~written in the mid-80's ... finished in 2012
sl
+ Final text correction by author today, Sunday February 2, 2014. I made sure to separate the double unhyphenated words with a proper space.
~sl
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