CXXII
The Death Of The Poor
Over are the bills! And who can make a living these
For an underground newspaper—the burnt out ends
Climbing higher and higher until the batteries
Empty bottles on the soles of our moccasins
In the studio of the hurricane, eating goat
Reason why a vampire licks his plate clean to
Your note book I say the famous surgeon wrote
Barn, eating dormice and their wheatgrass nests, while you
Slippers for a dormouse born with a wooden
In his dreams like eggs crashing down on a wooden
Autumn. The naked and the poor eating away
Temples with a secret added ingredient;
Poor are a uterus that will birth an ancient
A new body that begins at the ankle. Say