Press Release
A listing of the fires
and all the survivors
will be provided
Names of the dead
are written on broken cobblestones
at the bottom of the river
The sheet music
is in the morgue - reconstruction
of the falafel carts will commence at dawn
The Liability Brigade
will hunt down the marauding gang of investors
and bring them before a Grand Jury
Bones of smoke will be
lined up for identification by family members
directly after the Eulogy of the Clouds
The Commissioner will be
available on Facebook from noon until
dinner time - food and clothing for orphans,
The infirm, and the elderly
will be top priority - memories will be given
temporary shelter - forensic echoes and screams
Will not be available for questioning
information packets will be redacted and distributed
by EOB today - a sweet and savage grace
Will be bestowed upon us all -
alternate sides of the street parking rules are in effect
and once the Mayor has given his statement
The sewers of the city
will open and the charred remains of the bodies
will rise - catered lunches will be delayed indefinitely
Any miracles to be performed
must register with the Comptroller’s Office
no later than 5:00 pm Tuesday
Racist, bigots, misogynists, stuttering
CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, CTOs, fund managers
and all the pin-striped pimps on Wall Street
Will be summarily disgorged before
the first Hour of Amazement begins
quarantined on the peaks of the highest mountains
If you have signs or symptoms of any of the following:
low blood pressure
high blood pressure
dizziness
nausea
palm sweats
seizures
lesions
nightmares of crossed and bloodied bayonets
basal cell carcinomas
panic attacks
dry or itchy skin
nose sores
reverberating vibrations of V-2 rockets
tinnitus
oozing pustules
non-oozing pustules
bleeding gums
visions of bodies floating in Mekong rice paddies
irregular heartbeat
aphids in the ears
shortness of breath
memories of IEDs on the sweaty road to Kabul
spider veins
clogged arteries
or the realization more and more as time
goes by that Reason and Logic no longer exist
please see a physician or magician at once
There will be a brief Q&A
with the Kings County ADA regarding
the NYPD SOP for officers shooting unarmed civilians
Any rumor or report or
any anecdote suggesting self-preservation
over citizen protection will be ridiculed accordingly
All heroin and meth addicts
will report to the New York Times for assignments
and the taking of identification photographs
Lastly please remember
to keep an open heart and mind
when the winter solstice hits the heavens
The warmth you create will flood
the inviolable void behind the sun -
where a New Enlightenment is being born
Thank you.
Copyright © Barry Levy | Year Posted 2016
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