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the death of poetry (on trial)
though there is no direct forensic evidence proving it,
I still think there can be a case made
I mean, how can you say anything without a body?
no fingerprints left behind
missing perhaps, but dead?
what did you see when you used luminol?
were their eyewitnesses?
can we get a fair jury?
will we even get to trial?
was there a whacking?
who? how?
do words escape you?
did you ever think you’d keep them behind bars?
were there privileges
just because you were the last generation to diagram sentences?
do you receive a stanza at a time on an electronic device?
who’s asking these questions
and how do they pertain to the defendant?
who and where is the defendant?
I’m looking to the judge for guidance and order
and only comprehend chaos
the mystery of the black robe
they should still wear wigs
because once they get out to the car and plug in their ipods
they can remember it was just a job
no need to bring it home
it will all be in the paper in the morning
no one will remember anything like it in their lifetime
and when they let him off
he cried
went home
hung himself
and still no murder weapon found
just cut up magazines and newspapers
and a desperate wind
scissors with the DNA of a prophet on the blade
but no blood