bang bang

street lights
at night
project order
stars add colour
pretty lines reflect
intersected by headlights
the calm of sleep
beauty encouraged

is your tv on?

absorb consciousness
zombies live in darkness
images vibrate off dull eyes

and in the morning?

frankenstein lives by daylight
goose stepping in a three-piece suit
modernism is casual
diesel, soviet, levi
fubu, sean john
jackets reversible, recyclable
live to watch you die
beneath dirt
that suit again
six feet under

who does the measurement?

i hear sirens singing tragedy
hijackers clock in

where’s the foreman today?

after ten pm run the red light
look left, look right
last words summon a tow-track
ten triple one has to get transport
the moon draws last breaths
sun dried blood
white line stained red

am i dead?

tunnel glows
heaven beckons
family cries
he was such a good child
in death sins confessed
enemies undressed
debts paid
wills invaded
auction today
estate displaced
persian carpets
dvds and cds

he won’t need them now

watching training day brings pain
he wasn’t mad
eclectic, eccentric
in memory
let’s burn a bush
and bomb iraq
oil wells burn
earth still turns, turns, turns
close your eyes
love makes the ozone layer return
save fish for greenpeace
better than the blacks
where i live

drum beats in staccato
rattle, bass, snare
dream on dreamer
only in depth shall egos drown
coz scarface never seen a man cry
till he seen a man die
bad crack high
suck on pipes
make the world go away
all this as i gaze
at night lights
street lights


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