Smudged Smiles and Sugar Pills

Finger painting smudged smiles
into the mirror
Dividing black and white pills
Placebo and poison
Smearing anti-septic romances
across the heart,
detoxing the soul
from pseudo-pills
popped to cure
hallucinations of Saviors
guiding the blind

and sacrificing the
sick

Television force feeds
the Jews of Malta with
evangelical spoons

Black and white pills
cure homosexuality
dividing dream from dream

while adding woman and man

like government-tested chemicals

A little uranium
mixed with tesla-generated electricity

and wars boil like
angry wasps

Sugary pills induce
medicated solace
Finding nirvana
in prison cells
and tanning booths
The Earth goes numb
from napalm neuro-toxins

Emergency surgery
cuts away umbilical residue
poisoned by anti-defamatory drugs

as hyacinth petals blend
perfectly with nightmares

and we can hear you scream

Painting love letters
on the mirror
in anti-septic romances

Counting pathogens
like sheep

as sleep slips
across the skin

and smudged smiles
are painted across

your eye