AS I WAS SAYING

     Ashley D. Escobar 

 

yeah, it’s sensational  vaguely intentional                      they’re overthrowing the humble king               

                                                                               (what a pig

                                                                                               what a pig)

 

an end to all ends                       onslaught, slaughtered           

                              le comédie, le tragédie           

all of this, this is me                  a windmill without arms

 

nothing is yet              enough           

was crawling through the sewer        

of the bygone hotel in

memphis, tennessee                   no one knows what i                  call graceland anymore

 

i cover your smile, i cover

the touch, i am two lovers,

cut from the same cloth         

                  we use in unison

we are smoking gauloises in

bed, a cigarette for all your

problems                                            (you cannot afford such a thing)

 

aha! kevin’s at it, he’s

cutting barbed wire in his

tiny flat, chinchilla                         fear of salmonella                         over and lush.