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Somewhere Along A Stretch of Highway Between The Last Military Victory And The Next Robbery (#2)

Kenneth DiMaggio

Here comes the fleet
which means thousands
of horny sailors

Get married
—my Dad did

And to fulfil this still
unfulfilled itch
he joined the police
force and became one
honest but cynical cop

Blake’s Satanic Mills
used to be a nice place
to work

Now nobody wants
to even marry

they just want to steal
cars or like me
go to graduate school
and deconstruct God

The cash register at
the convenience store
never has more than
fifty dollars

Just like the latest
pandemic or war
we die for a pack
of cigarettes a can
of beer or soda
some lottery tickets
that never win and
the rest is just
spare change

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