the poem starts
abruptly
something like
[i]but they came back
for him[/i]
[i]dragged him out
to the sidewalk and
beat him into a coma then
walked away[/i]
and what more do
you need?
this is the event
spelled out as
simply as possible
it happens
not for
the sake of art
and not to reveal some
deeper truth but
because violence is
as effortless as
breathing
because it needs
no reason
imagine a
rusted spike driven
through the eye
of god
