The Alpha Bet

By signs,
symbols could contain
rain for roses,
water for noses,
and line breaks
for the impatient.

Poems are not poets.
Songs are not music.
And the will is not
the all-seeing I.
Separate my from
self and the shelf
from the books
and you've got your
self a spine and a title.

Wager: red and black
are two sides of the
shame ointment. Rub
it in and see how it
feels. Take an instruction,
fold it in three, and you
have a sheet of paper in
crease.

May the bells roll
like dice yoked to a
clock, a knock-on
principle whose
ringer is always
on. Cell stock and
replace the rest of the
Cs with esses or the
reverse, whichever
is change for a dime.

When coins are not
enough, make plastic
from paper and you
have yourself a wood-
burning oil. Carbon
and its objectives does
not care about meta-
alterations, that's why
tailors are not meant
to be chiefs of executions.

When society smiles,
individuals die. When a
person grins, a lie has
been not only told, it
is the newest, sweetest
religeon.