Acid / Arena
Stung air airless
spider on the glass—pet the no-
spider on the glassGlaze the carpet's
streaks ferment*
What is meant
by crowd controlin the pit
in which bodies swirlForsake the floor
for the standsstand there with the cripple
and his crutches*
Even the designated
driver staresat the arrow
pulsing not blinkingEven the designated driver
is pulsing unblinkingThe red light in front
now overhead in front*
Saturated sheet—
he who hatesstill delivers
For two dollars a tabhe delivers
Still he who hateshates you
the I who writes*
The foot
a handsabre-
toothed limbHeld still
*
What of the bodies'
motion the view from aboveDown there
allwas lost
Up herethe I
was lost
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