absolutely immobile
turned into plastic into a bundle of green
dollars into neat packaging
scream
at street corners on concrete slabs between brick cracks
packaged
packaged to
sell
sold
in packages
in bundles
like tin & soft & other wares
like home electronics
like votes
like like
roses are red
red dye magenta powder
packaged as
after-party red-eyed staring blindly short-skirted girls
kick rocks make noses bleed
he wants to believe his life is real
but not as real as
reality tv
automatic rifle
two hundred casualties
american idol
live news
packaged
packaged & personalized
life insurance
life warranty
life subscription to lifetimes
life threatening life support
life sentence
carrying life in their arms as crying children cared for
he wants to be
as real as real was
but not as
realty sales
bombs in israel
spring apparel
automatic umbrellas
packaged to suit
packages
pre-packaged
pageme
color-coded to simulate courage or persistence
made immobile
still as life
living
he wants to believe
as real as
arrivals of packages
in the mail
packages
payloads
deathtraps
payondelivery
drive through
funeral parlor
drugstore
scream is inaudible
inedible
indelible
scream is
is it
the final response to a life problem
to the problem of life
to a particular problem
too
packaged
personalized
as targetted missiles game wars voting machines
they only play dead
this is only a film
this is only a screen
this is only a shopping window
this is only a prop a trapdoor
this is only a poem
this is only a red light
packaged
catered packages
packed in packages
for you only
for you’re special
for you’re the first
for you’re the perfect
for you’re the target
of our
packaged
package campaign
package
packaged
specialized
package squad
drop now
this is real
this is only an alert
packaged
color-coded to simulate the level of danger
packaged
presidential campaign
packaged
promotion
packaged
product
he
wants to believe
sold
selling
packaged
service
mission
packaged
radio transmission
transmitted mass
packaged
beliefs
package
now absolutely immobile
nearly
alive
