[Dear night dear shade dear executioner]

Dear night dear shade dear executioner

Fears: snakes madness falling

The sword has broken over this head

It sure enough gets old
the way we do things

Defend me if you can
Collect my tears if you will

G-o-d is the boss with the sauce
he's too sweet to be sour

He's got his finger on the wrong-answer button

The ineffable joys for those who
unfeignedly love, transcend the documentary constraints,
pledge mercy, etc.

After all, you are not Mandelstam

She said she was in love with Aqua Man
Aqua Man? It's a showerhead, stupid

And that Sister Woman, is what you call safe sex

For whatever it's worth
135,000 take guns to school every day

Sound of that emotional collision
between perps and victims

No condoms for the heart


~ C.D. Wright