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Nevermore

Mike Brennan

The cruelty of April has struck once again
Rocking crumbling Gibraltar to dust
Conning even the cunning with the guise of an easy friend
& rising sonically through the scorched earth’s crust
The melody of a first fired shot
Blasts past a stereo speaker’s ears
While secret admirers in Salvation Army uniforms
Carved your initials into their forearms in public memoriam
& sang along to the songs concerning, the burning,
Conditions of your stomach, & how you were no longer having fun,
& how you swore you didn’t have a gun
A million bleached minds followed yours slumped to the floor
Oh well, whatever, nevermore

Teenage angst breeds pin-pricked posters
Of a perfectly timed alien nation that’s
Forever young & timelessly 27
Screaming anger at a rapist of an audience
Who pretends to understand but knew not what it means
When you bared your soul between rolled up sleeves &
Drained your art through the stigmatic wounds lining your inner elbows
As a million bleached minds followed yours slumped to the floor
Oh well, whatever, nevermore.

With all the telecast analysis of antiquated addiction
& all the kicks which you never could
Your photogenic magnet tar-pit couldn’t trap
The black ball hollowing away at
Your poisoned apple’s core
So you stashed it all away
In a cigar box of imitation wood
& revolted against your skeletal arms with another chord &
A condemned man’s stare &
Sold the world for much more
Than any man’ shoulders could bare
& a million bleached minds followed yours slumped to the floor
Oh well, whatever, nevermore.

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