Justin Barrett

limited warranties


the comprehensive limited

warranty on one of the

electronic gadgets

we bought at

RadioShack says that

malfunctioning of the product

due to war, famine,

flood, drought

or act of god is not

covered.


that's about as

comprehensive as

they come.

 


making poetry bleed

for salvatore


i grab a fistful

of poems

and squeeze so hard

that words and

sentences ooze

through my fingers.


i squeeze harder

and the

words disintegrate

into letters.


the alphabet

runs down my arm,

dripping blackly

from my elbow.


punctuation

squirts from

between my fingers

and splatters

against the walls.


when i am finished

my hand is

inky and trembling

and the empty pages

wait for more.





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