the last fair vendor

    (for Michael Simms)

a german that's no more real to them
      than a cartoon flag
ordered these conspirators to be
      hanged by wire nooses
--slice through flesh & bone, through flesh & bone

parades are pretty, uniforms hot;
      man, the weaponry--!
better than any toy: all you need
      is your own pale hide
--slice through flesh & bone, through flesh & bone

& hope in the heartland has perished
      save for delusions
of past glory, present pride, future
      mad restorations
--slice through flesh & bone, through flesh & bone

rush & o'reilly & fox tell you
      just whom you should blame
certainly not the CEOs who
      outsourced the good jobs
--slice through flesh & bone, through flesh & bone

olive-skinned jesus on the chatboards
      found but grown child-men
angry & bewildered & pile up
      halfwit consensus
--slice through flesh & bone, through flesh & bone

social justice warrior jesus
      might have time for you
& your weaponized ignorance but
      this poet does not
--slice through flesh & bone, through flesh & bone

i saw the nooses at plötzensee

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