D - Communique


from the ABC set Vintage Jack: Extracts and drafts from 'I'll Show You Tyrants'

He has come back
far too proud of the receipt that proves
he gave the exact change at the store.
Far too proud of his bright new enemy,
and of all those repulsed girls
strewn at the roadside

He suspects he is being trained
as a murderer or Ikon

Distract him! Quickly!
Render this lazy Cade unmoving
Let him watch videos in your room for hours
Let him think you are the perfect Buddha,
sat next to him, small and still as china

Slowly, perhaps over centuries, he will begin
to suspect instead that he is being trained
to touch your apple white neck
with all five fingers

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