Friday, January 05, 2007

Trebuchet

Or wheeling the corpse of a possum over

The four foot chain link and into my neighbor’s yard.


That of the unmowed, untended. He only uses

His back yard to figure eight on a clamorous


ATV that could serve no possible purpose in the city.

Because he wakes me up from my Saturday nap


With that high whine and his godaweful kids pummeling

At silence, I heave this poor comatoast fellers


Humble remains, this body of evidence, prayer

To the right god of sniveling vengeance


Right into the worn and sandy lane of my passive

Aggression. Back in the day, flinging the dead


Over the battlements was intended to spread disease.

These days it’s the only recourse a man has.




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