tattooed with gandhi
no skin will lie,
bare butt piss
constant lemon stream,
she watched his fuzzy back
dark mat of curls
lined by her nails,
depressed bed
mattress coils gone
before their advertised expiry,
a week of this
longing and urgent,
walking back
she waited
a sharp twinge in her stomach,
the next day
could not come quick enough
chhi wu wen traveled explosions west
mongol hordes conquer and swarm,
genoese sailed and visiting maffeo saw
took it to his home,
seeds of destruction, causation of war,
power and inconsideration,
the ability to detonate,
arbitration’s and negotiations
no longer needed,
seen to be words drawn out
paper and conversation,
song dynasty powder
textured and coarse,
limber minds sought and put it
to many a purpose,
cycles of war and invasion born,
and as our history we look back
at what was hope that brought
danger,
and it lessens our comfort here
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