1

arriving to break
fast & shower
he hears people
talking about one
of the women
who are not
present. they are
saying strange things
about cops &
the good old
harassment & the
thing ending up
with her getting
up out of
her cardboard bed
& being first
badly beaten (though
not raped, thank
you kindly for
that) & then
shot three times
at close range.
& they spoke
about it as
if it was
something that happened
at times &
agreed that this
woman seemed to
have died fairly
quickly & then
some of them
agreed it was
time to find
somewhere else to
sleep. again. &
he thinks about
the scissors in
his backpack &
gets in line
for morning coffee
 
 2

earth
as dust 
in hand holding 

a globe then
dropping it
with

a
curse &
a bang &

recovering it with
one continent
missing
 

FACES & QUESTIONS

 1

bright
& shining
lights
at times
& at
other
times
quite
faded
faces
framed
(not by
cops but)
by your
worship
shipping
out of
space

 2

pluto, come here & tell me are you a planet or are you a dog?

will the manifestation for the right of mercury poisoning this coming saturnday be successful & what will successful mean in this con
text?