No One Counts the Bodies Jesus Walked Past
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Kensington spreads its legs—
lets the city crawl in,
dripping Xylazine / fentanyl / tranq,
open sore veins
moaning dirty dirges.
False prophets—
all piss and panic—
bark half-lies
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Categories:
tranq, addiction, death, drug, mental
Form: Didactic
Kensington Avenue
...Here they come with
an iPhone
Go Pro Zv Max
buddies in their ears
bopping to old tracks
dead cat on a mic
push it in yer face
what are you doing, girl?
Tryin’ to turn a trick
earn your Rhin...
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Categories:
tranq, city, dark, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Vancouverite Metropolitan Hellscape, part 1 of 5
...(prelude)
the buzzing of the evening insects
presage evil !
here are black wolves ! here are ghosts and fiends
and here are blackest of demons !
and black be the murk ton...
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Categories:
tranq, abuse, addiction, america, angst,
Form: Free verse
An Abecedarian
...Audience is abuzz.
Boldly,
Conductor emerges – black tux.
Draw
Ethereal patterns with baton– marv.
Flutes, trumpets, cellos, drums dance for me, for you.
Gentle, light…
Heavy and dark…the musi...
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Categories:
tranq, depression, music, recovery from,
Form: Abecedarian