laughing at death, playing at death, dying<\/p>\n
slowly and courageously like in movies.
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Death as a costume party with vampires;<\/p>\n
unlife as a zombie jonesing for brains,<\/p>\n
crashing funerals, pretending to care.<\/p>\n
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\nDeath as a product sells better firearms,<\/p>\n
more lurid fantasies with the heroes<\/p>\n
shaped by algorithms to buyers’ needs.
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For needs read desires; for death, denial<\/p>\n
in its most comic form. There will be sex,<\/p>\n
of course, and thin pale girls with sincere teeth,
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and over the far horizon the real deal<\/p>\n
waits confident as a dealer whose marks<\/p>\n
laugh behind his back until they need him.<\/strong>
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\nM. A. Schaffner has had poems published in Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, Agni,<\/em> and elsewhere — most recently in Former People, Raintown Review<\/em>, and Rock River Review.<\/em> Long-ago-published books include the poetry collection The Good Opinion of Squirrels<\/em> and the novel War Boys<\/em>. Schaffner spends most days in Arlington, Virginia juggling a laptop, smart phone, percussion caps, pugs, and a Gillott 404.<\/strong>
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