composing a picture of squalor
misery is misery with the pure glow
of something like forever
by whose mild light we see a gleam
sharpen in the killer's fist
look the other one twists away
for our information
those wide startled eyes
are for our information
for our information
he is screaming
can you hear what he's saying
he isn't saying anything
he's just screaming
so that's how it's done how it happens
it's interesting
he 's not screaming now
he 's doubled over
and we don't have to worry
what it means
nothing is supposed to mean
that will come later
when there's more information
about the information
and so we walk around
in families and couples in shorts
and jeans and t-shirts and sneakers
solemn and docile
eating our ice cream
because everything depends
on going through these motions
the whole fragile revelation
once
we worried sweated I worried
