FOR TED, ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS EXECUTION
By: Lorelei K. Hickman

copyright 1999
careful
thread the noose of words
taut around your neck
walk the line and sway but
never fall
never tell it all
just shuffle your cards
lay another body on the table
(remember her eyes)
(they said god oh god)
(you are god)
you don't need her anymore
see them dangling
from your strings
they'll believe anything you say
after all of this
they still don't know a damn thing