terror
wrinkles and cellulite
rats and roaches
a dateless Saturday night
downsizing and outsourcing
muggers and rapists
bad hair
bad breath
acne
underarm hair
My terror is as real as yours.
It keeps me much too busy
to consider
poverty famine war
sickness old age and death.
It justifies whatever measures necessary
to sanitize
eradicate
decry
and deny.
Magenta Gloves, Haight Street