| Ken Cormier |
We're Sitting on Buildings
| We’re sitting on buildings | Here! |
| We’ve got a big problem | Now! |
| Afraid of our nation | Oh! |
| But wanting to squeeze it | Through! |
| Went on an adventure | Then! |
| We found a new leader | Who! |
| Became like the others | Why! |
| Does that always happen | When! |
| We pray to Apollo | But! |
| We know nothing of him | So! |
| We wander with creatures | And! |
| Invade our own temples | Wake up! |
| Get out of the kitchen | Sink! |
| Climb under the counter | Which! |
| Was always your fortress | Bang! |
| We’re tearing it down now | For! |
| Our children to see that | We! |
| Are nothing but monsters | Ha! |
| We season and flavor | Them! |
| To make them delicious | We! |
| Will strike and devour | Ow! |
| To choke on a backbone | It! |
| Is slowly reminding | Me! |
| To clean out the cupboard | Forget! |
| We’re learning procedures | With! |
| A set of instructions | How! |
| Can we ever master | That! |
| Which always eludes us | Dogs! |
| Are biting my ankles | I! |
| Am fighting and kicking | My! |
| Most primitive moments | Have! |
| Been captured in movies | Still! |
| I am an enigma | Watch! |
| We can’t help descending | Deep! |
| Into our own faces | Like! |
| Some kind of Narcissus | Relax! |
Ken Cormier
Posted on March 2, 2008 5:50 AM