DA Powell

 

heÕs a maniac, maniac

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

heÕs a maniac, maniac

 

 

in the stanley kubrick movie of your life, you are an isolated man

going slowly mad in the drunken pillory of the snow

 

chasing a little version of your self with an axe

because thatÕs what every hour is doing:  chasing you

 

vexing, isnÕt it, how often youÕve tried to write your story

but the apparitions wonÕt let you, and the bottle calls

 

from the ballroom, whispers of every dead season

at the overlook hotel.    it seems youÕve played this role before

 

why canÕt you just have closure?     itÕs a horror movie, stupid

the villain returns:  you are the villain:  any second-last thoughts?