By daybreak, they pulled a shopping
cart full of gasoline
into the park
Before dawn, in the dark, on the lawn
there was a spark: a lit fuse of
burning flesh.
And notes in folders to the press
So the bad news they had left
Made the rounds but faded fast.
When the sun rose it was ignored
The system stops for nothing
It chews and chews and chews
chews and chews
but never
swallows
wasted away
I tried to tell you
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