POTD: 11.09.08

[this is the part where we watch the smart board]


this is the part where we watch the smart board,
wait for the tragic hero to make a concession speech.
this is the living room, the one with enough carpet
to hate all of woodside. but right here—where we,
or rather, where the Peruvian pulled one thousand tacks.
comfort, all micro-fiber and linen-fresh. this is the part
where the war hero is released into the wild. when the village
idiot is run out of town to king’s pasture to mate
with the worst ten. this is the math—we are three years old,
placing blocks in their appropriate fittings. win when black
can never go back to being black. but the strangest thing,
the numbers. the odd congruence as the field tips.