choir sings acquiring requiring desiring things blasphemy fashioned in the power of a Bic lighter 
lightning enlightenment igniting sinfully righteous frightening
flightless psychosis fighting climbing broken bridges unwashed dishes
reused syringes boomerang binges informant snitches ungranted wishes
door kicked off its hinges not seen not heard absurd witness listens
milk carton missing “milf” is stripping
school-ground skipping playground dissing
church house tripping criminal Christian Catholic madness
hoodlum Muslim upheaval Israel napalm Islam
alarm the guards arm the youth untie the truth unite the troops coup de grace disgrace the proof 
government basis military bases religious racist
goodness gracious God’s good graces
crooked faces crackhead basers corrupt cops mistake glocks for tasers
high-speed chases speed snorting nasals addiction fatal demon debatable
faded halo far from able close to capable heated hungry broke and arguing
targeting  tourist in Tauruses get out the car no room for bargaining
undercovers in Dodge chargers
Ford four door Explorers exploiting exploring corners
unwanted wanted and warranted florist and coroners mournful mourners
muddled mornings yawns of yearning dawn of learning vacated journeys
defecated forewarnings peace is boring chrome piece is glory
a stolen vehicle keys swing and jingle a crinkled single paper dollar
a dope fiends horror a dope boy’s honor
clock the profit the sight excites the robber
invites the gobbler of dreams a jack boy’s karma caught and cuffed
the courtroom drama your honor I’m sorry same sob story what happen to shorty
plead for please tears hit his sleeve knocking knees heartbeats stop
the unseen creed the gavel drops with the sting of loss with the ring of loss
to all those lost the falling cost
of a human being . . .
he was alien . . . to an 
earthling