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Missouri's Needle Man viva 2005

night tamed my fall.
i woke up next to needles,
blood dip face paint

bathroom faces utter nothing to me,
stand cool

dip my head,
walk under the shroud.
i'll live here
in this white panel house

like a fool i bleach the tub
i'll hide from the morning's hurrah



Missouri's Needle Man viva 2024

walked home threw out my pocket
gotta watch the tube and stop my handtwitch
eat a sandwich

did someone ask me to play? kid's
missing an eye.

boy, you don't see me
here in my cave decorated with rippled pilgrims
on my pilgrimage

my senses are anemic
must you stare?
quiet

all these people with different colors
i want to get away. there's no one like me.

beware