Well Reasoned Questions About Nine Eleven
During death by box cutter
Does it sting like a shaving accident
Can you clot the bleeding
With a square of toilet paper?
When the very tip
Kissed the building
Was there a flash of
Regret inside the cockpit?
During vaporization
I've heard you feel nothing
Or do you burst into oblivion
With every cell retching?
Where does your mind wander
when you're burning alive
Do you recall a family cookout
On the fourth of July?
Is smoke inhalation
A trippy way to go
Does the burning chemistry
Give you psychedelic visions?
When you are
Actively plunging
For several
Seconds
Or more
Do you recall your first love
Or occupy the time by recounting
One Hundred and Ten Stories
Backwards?
When your support system fails
Beneath your breakneck stride
Do you feel betrayed
Is that a grudge worth keeping?
When extruded through
Rock hard solids
Do your dream about
The Blues Brothers Movie?
When you spend your last days
Coughing chunks of raw lung
Are you filled with regret
For not getting there quicker?
Why won't you answer
My well reasoned questions
Are you a willing participant in the
Conspiracy of Silence?
You Dead are so Indifferent.
© 2007 roysodavid
Copyright © Roy Batts | Year Posted 2013
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