"we have the truest believers version 2"
this is not our America, this was
built by James Dean & Liz Taylor.
drawn hearts abbreviate emotions.
while hands carry short stories &
are the voice of common life.
cuts & bruises are footnotes
in our American lives.
we burn effigies &
deface our progenitors
to speak though all we've said are
words pertinent to ourselves.
we are cashing in on
the backs of cast-offs.
lovers subtract rationale in lieu of
stuttered, cinematic romances.
"lovers" are hardened silhouettes
veiled by apartment windows.
we bleed but not until after we
sit on a park bench & breathe cool domestic
air saying over & over: "this is home, this is home".
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an unannounced companion piece to Vince Bauter's "Graffiti Westerns."
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