Thursday, July 30, 2009

A personal Van Gogh

I have an AXE, and I'm ready to use it.
thwack thwack
I do away with my left leg
send it off
send it off to stand on the four corners
connecting
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
and Nevada
At least part of me will be in several places at once.

Now with that AXE.
thwack ThwACK
I do away with my right leg
send it off
send it off to China
to a village where they will
plant
water
weed
and care for it
at least part of me will
offer nourishment for many people at once.

The AXE in my right hand
ThWaCk THwAcK
my left arm is freed
I send it off
I send it off to Eastern Europe
to some back alley sex club
where people will use it to
fondle
pet
masturbate
and torture themselves
at least part of me will be
able to satisfy somebody for once.

The AXE is dull, I sharpen it
thwack thwack
My genitals have been removed
I send them off
I send them off to a girl in Sudan
so she can
switch out
be whole
be a boy
and cry no more
at least part of me will
give someone what they could never have all at once.

The AXE is now in my teeth
my right arm is no longer
I send it off
I send it off with a work VISA
to build
to paint
to sweat
and to earn something
at least then all the work
I put off will be completed for once.

I leave the AXE behind
my teeth bite the ground
I drag myself off
I drag myself off to the desert
to lay
to think
to rest
and to turn into rock
at least I will provide shelter
for insects and other beings for once.

The AXE rusts in the rain.