surely you will be damned once in the mouth of the
impending flame
screening even the smallest obscenity
replacing it with some form of self blame
like fault on the part of he who so chose not to care
or incrimination for those who harshly swore for the
souls of those that they could not spare
we're like pigeons with tattooed name plates
heaven and hell minus the gold and grid iron gates
or sympathy shuttled about upon rusted roller skates
by a simplified reason of unquestioned insanity
through out the masses in the eyes of he who only hates
so give me no crocodile's idea of remorse and I won't be
forced to throw in your face some jadedly cynical retort
for even in the heart that's in an all fired hurry
there is no ready made call to report
only shaking legs of bitter trepidation like wise cows
who've finally figured out just what those cold black
hammers are really used for............
( written April 27, 1993 am)