Aurora Magazine 2017

B. Farbo 11 Haikus for 14 Years

A scab, scar or, bone pick, pick, pick until bleeding. Year after, year afte... Boom! Went down, SO, fast… Boom! He was split open too… Boom! Only a sound... In sorrow we shopped, generic brand America. Not “Name Brand” America. Hearts and minds... minds and... hearts. hearts and minds... Cash and... shit and bullshit and... Never forgotten? Till checks and bodies bounce. Hush. It was all for you... Shaken grunts in boots, need to shut their entitled mouths; “Heroes” suck it up. Selling of Spartan Shields, has come to Main Street. Your street! Surplus choke holds traded. Cold leftovers, reheated tools of revenge, turned on We. Safety for nothing. Waves of…Waves of... Will wash up d/b-rown infant residue... A human oil spill. By the sword, and book. By which book, and by which sword? Defending whose name? Can’t wash out blood with blood. Can’t wash out blood with blood. Can’t wash it away.

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