OUTSIDER TRADING

a little capital decapitation

by D.S. Black

Mercury Rising #6, April - July 1992

San Francisco: May 1992

let us trade grains of rice

we are brother, you and I

easy on the brain; treat me nice...

here's from my pile

you offer me... bile?

when I slaved for what I just

gave you

this wrong is my

rite of passion

in the streets outside the black

market hawkings the worn

hoardings around construction sites

fluttering flyers incite another outlaw

assembly in the soon to be night and fog

this line is drawn in the hands of time

the lute sound of looters ready to move

in for the thrill

the lighted match

a falling star

the spilled police

Harley

the bike messenger

playful Robin's

incendiary arrow - desire

god sent if hellbound

we're all going down to Market Street.


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