REMAIN CALM

awake all night

thinking about

getting KFC 

in the Prime Minister’s car

I lied saying I enjoyed the party

I only went there to make a documentary

on slow death

one day we’ll no longer adjust our TVs 

The Price is Wrong

and tomorrow’s showcase is doomsday 

 

so end the conjecture

follow the program  

and cease trying to prove

what constitutes a three-piece fried chicken meal 

at the far end

of the city dump

lie fragments

of the future

 

teach myself 

a hydraulic press 

best be ready with the sutures 

showering with Betty and Veronica

the richest part of California

store this moment forever 

 

but replaying in darkness  

their eyes drop out

skin becomes leather