Dear night dear shade dear executioner

Fears:      snakes      madness      falling

The sword has broken over this head

It sure enough gets old
the way we do things

Defend me      if you can
Collect  my tears      if you will

G-o-d is the boss with the sauce
                                                     he’s too sweet to be sour

He’s got his finger on the wrong-answer button

                                                     The ineffable joys for those who
unfeignedly love, transcend the documentary constraints,
          pledge mercy, etc.

After all, you are not Mandelstam

She said she was in love with Aqua Man

                                                                           Aqua Man?
                                                                           It’s a showerhead, stupid

And that Sister Woman,                         is what you call safe sex

          for whatever it’s worth
135,000 take guns to school every day

Sound of that emotional collision
                between perps and victims
      
          No condoms for the heart