Tom the alley cat
took out the possum
the Ray-Ban wearing
bicycle riding
...
In a slow motion descent
to the dead
petrified
in Vesuvian sleep
...
The passion
for living
is a phony crown
just another face
...
Bombs that battered
a startled man
to submission
turned a nation
...
In the cover
of darkness
or full daylight
only the cicada knows
...