The Nation’s Devastation

The memory of a freeze-dried village

Zooming, emblazoned, rage

Smoking in the routine

Dissecting a dismemberment

Of an existential order

Deliberately, pathologically induced

Patiently imagine television

The nation’s devastation


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Found poem from p. 106-7 of Michael Paterniti’s Driving Mr, Albert.  MLA citation:

Paterniti, Michael.  Driving Mr. Albert.  New York: Delta, 2000.

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