On the outskirts of Sodom


from the ABC set ALMOST ZEN

If you show me
a kite snagged on a wire
you're going to make me
go that way,

Slowly, rolling a cigarette
with steady hands,
molding the tobacco,
I would start walking.

Two or three meters
away from you,
you'd hear me say "Thanks,
now turn."

The last thing I want
upon my return, is to find
you turned into a pillar of salt,
which I'd have to carry back home

And scare the fuck out of
Gomorrah.

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