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chemically maintained mass produced

Americans coo over their cable TV

the corporations continue to manufacture

evidence-based innocence in rebuttal

the mens' meritorious service medal

type muscles help to choke their wives

the womens' restraining orders won't

even attend their well flowered funerals

polite speech's first person shooter should

issue a public service announcement, but

sports spin moves in like a divine being

Beyond The Defects

There are defects in the database

of public opinion. That's why I can't

trust Love's pink turtlehead perennials,

or fountain grass, nor the silver edged

iris, nor those fire-colored forget-me-nots,

but the Black Forest lily has become

my confidant, my compass, my map

of new beginnings, my new amazement

at the stars above her steps, her smile

across the perils of unclaimed possibilities,

my black shutters of shame fly off

like scarlet birds in high winds, high

wants. There are perfections in the pink

pampas pool of eligibles and I love.

Commerce As Chameleon

The telegraph wires of

wisdom have been cut

The bully economics of

bygone eras have returned

The system has been up on blocks

ice blocks melting money fumes

as the economic hit men play

truth or Genghis Khansequences

while Senator Larry Craig gets his

for a little goo cannon collegiality

and at my temp job the biometric

employee hand scanner radiates

us into real early wage slavery and

the pallets of waiting e-waste

Bio: David S. Pointer lives in Murfreesboro, TN with his two daughters. He has poems forthcoming in “J Journal: New Writings on Justice,” “Chiron Review” and elsewhere. Thunderclap Press has released David’s new chapbook entitled “Warhammer Piano Bar” available at www.lulu.com.