hearing Bowie
and then Grateful Dead
on a jukebox
in a local dive bar
and wondering
if certain folk realize
that they already lost
At this point
they’re committing the gravest crime
gratuitous harm
in the face of impending defeat
solely from spite
Kinda like what Hitler did
in sacking Warsaw
fully cognizant
of ignominious defeat
just wanting to get in
one last shot
before gulping the cyanide