Wednesday, January 26, 2022

The Shooter Possessed - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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The Shooter Possessed

 

He clutches his demonic delusions

While yelping out his programmed three-beat chants

In a closed loop of mindless obedience

Celebrating the poison fed to him

 

He clutches his envies and resentments

Until they explode from his magic gun -

          When vanities collapse in blood and smoke

          And he is abandoned, a howling soul

 

          He clutches at his weeping concrete blocks

          While those who sent him clutch their single-malt

 

 

 

Cf. Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed / The Devils

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