The Night We Murdered Love

The night we murdered love

I exploded 

inside a dark, toothy

wet cave

Three coyotes stood

in the  parking lot of a mental institution 

Santa Rosa 

was drunk on it's own wine

mourning 1972

     MASSIVE MIGRAINE MONARCHS

     PARTICIPATE IN THE FLOGGING 

     OF BABY SEALS

Gothic cathedrals loomed 

above the homeless

declaring the death of Nietzsche

Band-aids floated in swimming pools

while Air Jordans hung from telephone wires

Airliners departed Detroit 

and landed in Paris

     EX-CONS LISTEN TO KENDRICK             LAMAR

     WHILE PLAYING CHESS

     WITH ALL WHITE PIECES

I watched a dog

return to it's vomit

I thought about saying something

but decided

she deserved it.