process of elimination

process of elimination…

double cross pointed signs…

hard of hearing 90 yr old grandmas…

free absorption…

drum symbols signifying polyrhythmic beats,

two finger holding forth…

superimposed stoplight to nowhere…

fictitious reality believed…

grip tight black railing misjudged…

hungry changes into the frostbitten fingers of motherless mothers…

and Winter is Summer for Eaters.

O lost humanity circling the hollering streets,

you hear voices repeating only empty declarations

while falcons mate with winged butterflies,

while helpless assassins reload their rusted guns with rain,

while constipated voices sputter loudly,

then softly,

then into nothingness.

St. Louis, 1973