violence

chasing headlights down december
back roads, not yet 6:30 and
already full dark


half-moon and sleeping houses


this man with
a mouthful of poison


wants to show you how easy it is to
hurt you
then wants you to beg for more


absolute zero when the knife goes in


small wooden cross on the
living room wall


cop pulls the trigger and
the child is dead and how far do you
have to look to find someone
laughing?


for how much longer will we
allow ourselves to
be a nation of assholes?


been a long
fucking time already