merde memorial OKC (1995)

lively chimes in a furious wind
gently whipping trees into powerlines
bending the grid ever so slightly

tomorrow implodes the federal building
remnants, tonight it is hello nitrous oxide
in gusts testing foundations

crown heights nay bore hood.
better'n liquor, quick'rn 

sharp stick in the eye
used to do whip cream cans at grandmas

wah wah reverberations bending tile
stories high blasts dislodged enough

holy unctions, formaldehyde functions 
politico roses dribble fables

ladle by ladle, melanie with glass of tears
becca runs to help surreal to sleep

i stay up late forever, amaretto dilettante 
home to view anti building in a driveby panshot

of delicate cranes gingerly hauling pebbles
from each blown mind