All This Is That: Poem: The Prosthetic Head & The Absence Of Blood

Monday, September 19, 2005

Poem: The Prosthetic Head & The Absence Of Blood

The Prosthetic Head
& The Absence Of Blood

Everyone was out for blood
And there was none.

When Toto pulled back the curtain,
Every mother's son and daughter saw

The bolt-on head. The wax face
Slid off in my hands.
---o0o---

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: You left out no brain! Or maybe you implied that with the prostetic head; 9/19/2005

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