Gun Detox
'A "cure"
of the word is never certain ... What lets it succeed?'
Denise
Riley, The Words of Selves (2000)
tears torn steered twenty thousand characters in search
of
a change of blood
metonyms planted openly on the grass
a
slower gun—pipe or hose
homes they could return to safely
what
was it to 'stop', in what name
marching, from Marcus, a hammer, damned
mad
if
I can't samba ...
if a bad word isn't bad twenty-four hours
dumb
dad carried out laser-guided
damn
new arms you can play with, urgent
nursing, a tongue check, mail wash
damn
a Gatling gun the size of the family
indoors all burst into flame
damn
under the dome
the echo answered for almost a minute no
long-term
long term
possibly from the woman's name, Gunhild the word
sparkling or stilted its inbuilt capacity
to self-irrigate
