An overt latent sshiftiness, both andss,
Neither norss, never alwayss the ssame;
Sslithering duness, conssisstent sshifting ssands,
Familiar, sscarcely recognissable;
Crucible, crux, ssacrifice, ssuffering, sshame.

F-150’s rifle rack naked, gun
Baked. Cup of staggering fisted. Son
Nailed, lanced, bled, mocked, screwed.
In car nato birthed, hanged from the rearview.
Lent from on high. Sucked up to sky. Who knew?

Peradventure corpses stir, what then?
Push come to shove, quoth the Raven.
Quake! Flood! Hot seas! Chiggers! A crappy wind!
Behold! Faults slipped. Glaciers melted. Crude spent.
Halfbreeds gumming dregs. Goddamned. Hellbent.

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