Song of the Sad Assassin

we lifted the body from the water like a gown

you took off your bra to wrap the wound

though the man was dead, and there was no need

then your face turned red, when you said to me

i'll suck the marrow out

and rape your hollow bones yoni

alone putting three coins into a washing machine

next to a caulked cracked wall

in the basement on fairmount street

putting three quarters into a washing machine

next to a caulked cracked wall

in the basement, i feel

like a loop of the last eight frames of film

before a slow motion lee harvey oswald

gets shot in the gut and killed,

alone putting three coins into a washing machine

next to a caulked cracked wall

in the basement on fairmount street

billy the kid did what he did and he died