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  Geoff Trenchard  
   
 
         
         

Blue Eyed Devil Bop

Greeks. Romans. Knights. Founding fathers. Pilgrims pride. Cowboys.
Frontiersmen. Captains of industry. Gangers with a hard r not soft a.
The kind with the suit. The kind with a code. The Maries holding up the     flag.
Square jaw against the red menace. Rebel without a cause.
Elvis mid twist. Astronauts skipping across the moon.
Wall street Tycoon. President at ground zero. Blonde Jesus.
The white man has a god complex.
Legion of marching right arms. Up and outstretched. Legion of marching     hoods
in front of the capital building. Face full of clown make up
and bodies in the basement. Thin mustache and collection of little girl’s     shoes.
Dress made of human skin. Lampshade made of human skin.
Smear the queer. Grainy footage of nightsticks by the off ramp.
Clear footage of gun shot at the train station. Fire hose. German Sheppard.
Water board. Dog pile. Trench coat. Taxi driver. Lone gunman.
The neighbors never suspected. Seemed like such a nice boy.
The white man has a god complex.
Still all the faces on all the money. Still judge and jury.
Still Senator and Subcommittee. Still lead anchor on the news.
Still lead anchor on the fake news. Still default action hero.
Still default romantic lead. Still versus aliens. Still morning
in America. Still Tea Party. Still Capitan of the ship. Still hot shot
maverick that finds his way in the 3rd act. Still sees self as normal.

         
         
         
 
   
     
 
 
       
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