American Tragedy, Channel 36 Poem by Eric Cockrell

with hollow faces
and vomited lips,
they turn on the stage
as the people gawk...

enamored with their lies...
both hypnotic and addictive,
they sell an American tragedy
complete with commercials.

the circus wheel turns,
and the roar of the beat
deafens all hearts to the truth.
while out on the street

human mouths bleed,
and the memory of the living
falls back into the shadows....
as great owls swoop the night!