the struggle of the flesh
how she asked if there was something she
had to do about the trees outside
the hospital
the twin towers hadn't fallen yet
Bush hadn't destroyed the world
but there was a huge brownish-red
pool of blood just sitting unattended
in the middle of a hallway that
ran through
what was supposed to be a reputable place
our questions to the doctors were
met with the disdain of video store clerks
of all the things she'd forgotten
my name our names, the names of all
the flowers she'd tended for all her
life, she looked up at the tv news
and spoke the name of the scumbag
who killed his wife, dumped her
in the ocean
and led everyone on a merry suburban chase.
Rupert Wondolowski will be performing his work at WORMS on November 23.
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