Showing posts with label guns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guns. Show all posts

Friday, 14 December 2018

bullets are faster


watch a man die
on a corner some night
it starts with a look
it starts up a fight

it starts to look bad
when your man pulls a gun
it starts off a miniature
war against one

they tell him to get the fuck
down on the ground
they tell him but
bullets are faster
bullets are faster than sound

might as well step
in the way of a train
"get the fuck..." comes
with a shot to the brain

they tell him to get the fuck
down on the ground
they tell him but
bullets are faster
bullets are faster than sound

watch a man die
on a corner some night
it starts with a look
it starts up a fight

Sunday, 9 September 2018

not in this town

now there's a cross
and a candle in glass,
an ad hoc memorial
where they shot his ass

wrong place to be
wrong place to be

what's it sound like?
a bullet going past?
a bullet going in  --
someone bleeds out fast?

everyone knows 
everyone knows 

we run diagonally 
through empty places 
that all used to be somewhere

we crouch and run 
over empty bridges 
when bullets are in the air

to keep your head, 
you keep it down

there's no one special 
in this town

no one special 
above the ground

not in this town


[[ guns in any city with too many guns, but maybe Sarajevo in particular. ']]