PEOPLE THE COLOR OF COCAINE

not a one might elongate
might bring the vagrant applicator of youth
and its local rotations
no night or preparation but vapor
and venom is framed in adults
careful little partners wriggling
out of inflation for the king
the hardest cities to avoid in the blood
are no longer the least exciting
broken tables all tables and alphabets
return to church thirsty for viscera
you know a million
embarrassment changed
of consideration race
incarnadine ear school eight ball
and regular riot three eye bones
opening
we’ll try ultra hazmat vital
neutral cell dismay and paper
I think like mother
Robert Duncan’s corpse in a leg lock
was his choice was his playfulness
I want you to go on
like the python eating the pigeon all quiet