A Clerk
A cash store clerk bent on self
improvement brought a gun to
work today
His final solution to follicles and
dried up tear ducts
He didn’t know where to
conceal, what was really eating
him
A funny slogan brought a slight
grin, but was buried when he
choked on joy
The towns people saw him
shrug and the earth shuddered
They saw him strung up in the
square with a new hue to him
Lucky for them they wouldn’t
be here too long
His head hovers by his
shoulders, his hands hold his
fate
Questions nibble his mind...
Do the young deserve it more
than the ones who’ve seen
what he’s come to see?
Do the elders deserve a bitter
rose bleeding near a grave that
states “He lived a full life”?
Decisions, decisions
This bread can’t hold back the
pains from future regret and
this bottle hasn’t been curing
anything but dream
weaving
Something he doesn’t know
much about anymore
A crooked smile slits its own
throat across his face
Where did this come from?
A guttural reaction to the
thought of death?
Maybe just perfection embodied
from a cold steel grip
Kick up dust with the flick of his
wrist
Everything unsettled ends, this
will be his day of smiling
The towns people saw him
shrug his shoulders and the
earth shuddered
The towns people’s lives flash
The suns eclipsed by screams
The cash store clerk bent on
self improvement brought a
gun to work today
and the towns people helped
him live a little longer....
Copyright © Martin Graham | Year Posted 2009
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