SIDEARM

________

In the 'hood,

man's best friend

isn't

a dog.

An honour

normally belonging

to a Pitbull

goes to 

his more trusted friend

Browning, Sig-Sauer, Glock, Smith & Wesson, Tec-9.

Different names

depending on the block

& the owner's hands.

& like

any trained

Rottweiler,

enraged,

baring sharp

teeth,

they...

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BONEYARD

_________

Shovel the earth &

shovel it deep

Lower into the sepulchre

Surround the burrowed

space w/ lilacs & eulogies--

Family tears

Seal the earth up again

for a child had been

consigned to rest here

For another child

embittered

had shown him his most

glorified toy from youth

his lifelong phobia:

The receiving ...

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