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"when the day comes, we will not
ask whether you swung to the right
or whether you swung to the left;
we will simply swing you by the neck"

HELTER SKELTER

for the Chas on his 73rd

so they finally did let out
Charlie Manson in his
prison wheelchair and
he's all pissed off and
ready to mow down
you and your girl-
friends right in front
of the new McDonald's

you should

A) sidestep him and let
him roll out into traffic

B) let him hit you and
then try and sue the
State of California

C) hit him upside his
shriveled head with
your Gucci bag

D) let the devil sort
it out

THE DANCE

This is the sentence the ferris wheel spins with the severed arms on the 11th hour on the 11th

day your mask is grainy and torn all greys except for the aching red detail of that frozen smile

an untold story inside those testicles of steel now just dust on children's faces redoubtable as the

carnival leaves the clearing by the river of rolling heads yet inside this dirty frame in some dark

corner of an antique store you are still dancing.

A good job, a
good education;
he wanted to
drive his car
into a crowd
of people.

On Food

Dolphins surround the surfer
being pestered by a shark:
give me a dollar motherfucker,
I will not work for food.

POEM ON THE EVE OF MY 57th BIRTHDAY

the more I drink the more I drink
alone with my dripping memories
I used to fuck you ass in the air
when my cock came back out
your cunt lips looked like a pink
sleeve and that's not the half
of it I cryed for all you bitches
for all you brothers gone and
erased no chance to say goodbye
one handful of pills never said
goodbye and I know you would
have you lowrider you cowboy
you redneck operator you Indian
girl my baby hair spread on
asphalt sticky with blood right
is right and wrong is wrong
hold your mud all erased all
erased as I sit here still
breathing I wonder what
the poor people are
doing

American Unknown

appearance of the mummies
& skulls



"most of all I remember
you"

no plans, no streets.
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when he was dead, cold
flowers
& songs about nothing
that were easy to
remember.
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when you were dead
I couldn't look into
your eyes.
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when I died, flowing
in sleep,
I forgot what I
wanted but I heard
your fading voice.

THE REVERSE 411

You don't
know shit.

carbon footprints,

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(ENDS OF THE EARTH


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earth.

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f the
earth.
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"the ecotourists smiled"

Movie stars
in town,
going down
to the shooting.

CHOLA EMPYREAN

putting makeup on
in a candy apple
reflection

The oncologist smiles.