songanddancegirl

LAST

THE  LAST    SUPPER

He’s 24 yrs. old  now under ice & snow

His obituary oblique  He will be missed

by his girlfriend Rylie  & his dog Shadow

Sleep tight  the final phrase

In the photo he is smiling broadly   dark

curly hair frames his face   Grandfather a

war hero  mercifully pre-deceased his boy

Family’s shining star   Father a jovial man

no more

Today Spring feels almost possible  birds

chirping at 4:26 a.m.   Outback the rugged

man  has a beer at 10   Whistling a tune on

the fire escape    By noon the family arrives

at Cemetery  north of city

Ice  snow  & mud  covered by a tarp   Family

will leave before mini-bulldozer re-fills the

hole   Do they cover the mound  to make it

genteel?    Gentle?

So that we  may remain in denial for a few

moments more?  The churned up earth is nasty

& un-gentle    It will do it’s job   hold him fast

Outlast wood

This year there will be no Spring

No Resurrection    Everything is broken

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Winter  2014    RIP  K.B.T.

FREE

LAND  OF  THE  BRAVE     HOME  OF  THE  FREE

Dario Franceschini   Italy’s Culture Minister  is outraged

ditto for Cristina Acidini (Curator)  It seems that  Armalite

a  fine quality U.S. Fire Arms company  has used a photo of

 Michelangelo’s  DAVID   for their blow-out   Spring sale

Many Italians took umbrage  one tweeted: Why don’t you use

your own bloody monuments?   Perhaps the Liberty Bell  with

a huge pile of  AR – 501 bolt action rifles below it

Sadly the Bell  lost some it’s cachet when Taco Bell announced it had

purchased it  and changed it’s name to: Taco Liberty (April 1, 1996)

Despite protests  company sales of tacos  burritos  & enchiladas rose by

more than a billion dollars that week

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Winter  2014