WAR

They set other lives aflame with candles
And the smoke of unspeakable sweetness
Drifts across the floor, trampled by military boots
 

O inspire me with southern
Harshness
So I won’t have to sigh at a nearby table
Inhaling 103 cigarillos
 

It’s raining again today
Another war is declared.
A tear drops
Into an ashtray.