39 miles south of Los Angeles

on the way back

from the grocery store

I watched a man throw a grenade at a group of cops

no open fire

no explosion

just a dead bomb

on a dead afternoon

in many numbers the

cops took him down

hauled him away from there

back at the house I stayed inside

and on the TV there were more

cops

this time in a canoe

paddling into a swamp in Georgia

where out in the middle a large and shirtless

black man, under the impression that

he was Christ tried to drown a baby boy

he held him under while

a deputy cracked him over the head with an oar

snapping it in 2

they wrestled the boy from death

one of the cops appeared to be crying

but I couldn’t buy it

so the tube went off

and out in the backyard

I opened a beer and threw

the stick for my dog

while next door my lesbian

neighbors were

arguing and my eyes met one’s

on accident

her partner was alright

but this one had a real

problem with me

my guess is having a cock

was enough for her to create

animosity between us

and she pointed at me with

bare teeth:

“What the fuck are YOU looking at?”

“That’s too honest,” I said.

She called me a fucker and slammed the door behind her then her old lady

ran inside

my dog watched the door close

over there and

gave me a human look

of disgust

and I started laughing.