VIOLENCE

from theverge.com

at school
we
all
kick each other in the shin
and
knee each other in the thigh
and
punch each other in the arm

DEAD ARM or DEAD LEG
we cry out
in victory

  this 
  is 
  Recreational

~

fights break out 

  rucks 
we called them

and
girl-fights 
bring 
the 
biggest 
crowds

savage nails 
biting
torn uniforms

  this 
  is 
  Vendetta

~

  Violence 
  Is 
  No 
  Solution

say the teachers
say the parents

ALL THE TIME

  and
  in 
  English Lit they show us

    Threads 

  in 
  two 
  sittings

~

and we grow up
and we survive AIDS and jobs
and the last-orders pub car park
               
and 
ALL THE TIME
on 
ALL THE NEWS
governments essential armies
serve
down
violence
from 
blue skies

as solution

~

Rambo
Bruce Lee
Travis Bickle
the carnage of Middle Earth

own up - 
anyone
really
want
to
be
Macgyver ?

from bbc.co.uk

NIGHT STATIC

i
stretch out again 
day over / day done / goodbye day

ok - relaxed
no - punch the pillow
right
relaxed

light
on
dim

dont move dont move dont fidget be still

i drift - ok
its good
this is good
sleep is EASY !

but the light MUST go off 

(or my dreams will be HORROR SHOW NEON)

so - light off
and 
the 
purple
static 
behind my closed lids
  becomes
    a 
      Buzzing Neon Chaos !

      mythical animals half formed

      entire soap operas

      marching armies

      like
      impressionist films

      unpaintable 

      inescapable

oh sleep -  how to shut my eyes
even 
more ?

from thehindu.com - The Faithful Heart