BACIO
IL BACIO DELLA MORTE
Mt. Pinatubo awoke from a 500 year slumber in spectacular
+disastrous fashion on June 15 1991 For almost 20 yrs. now
the destruction has continued Volcanic ash seeping into veins
even into relationships As that creature on slow thighs crouches
outside your window waiting
The center gave out a long time ago especially for those born
mid-20th century only now coming into the 2nd half of life Rife
with disappointments like: It was supposed to be much cooler than
this Flying cars Sound minds+bodies It was supposed to be secure
(in Canada universal pensions will disappear in thirteen years)
In such a climate one must cultivate a rich interior life much like
Dr. Edith Bones imprisoned for 7 yrs. and 59 days The communists
couldn’t break her And she emerged wiser +full of hope! Let us all
take shelter inside of ourselves though rank with decay
*(pay close attention those 55 and older)
And let us not be fooled by handsome people at parties +the person on the
barstool beside you rubbing your stiffening leg They have been sent to distract
you from the real business of keeping perfectly still as Mrs. Death in an ill fitting
blouse begins to enter you one puckered orifice at a time
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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.
W.B. Yeats The Second Coming 1919
Spring 2017
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