THE LIGHTNING ROD OF EVERYTHING
By Daniel Bailey - Aug 18, 2017
YOUR PHALANX EXPLODES UNDER THE LAUNCHED BOULDER
WE MET AT A CHESS TOURNAMENT FOR NEAR-NUDISTS WHERE I WORE A SINGLE JAPANESE BEETLE AND YOU WORE RED DIRT
IT WAS THE YEAR THAT WE GREW A TREE IN EVERY ROOM OF OUR DREAM COFFIN
WE THREW BANKERS OFF A BRIDGE
YOU FELT YOU WOULD NOT LET GO OF THE BODY BUT YOU DID
IT BECAME CLEAR THAT YOU WERE IN LOVE WITH THE BODY
SO YOU ERECTED A FLAGPOLE IN THE HOLE IN A ROOM IN OUR DREAM COFFIN WHERE A TREE ONCE STOOD
YOU MADE A FLAG OUT OF SOME FABRIC WHERE OUR DREAM COFFIN LID
THE FLAG BECAME TATTERED AS ALL FLAGS TATTER
THE TATTERS WERE TAKEN DOWN
YOU SPENT YEARS MAKING THE FLAG POLE INTO A LIGHTNING ROD
I HAD A STROKE AND YOU CARED FOR ME
YOU GAVE ME WINE ENEMAS NIGHTLY
YOU WIRED ME TO THE LIGHTNING ROD OF EVERYTHING
WE ARE WAITING FOR A STRIKE
AND HAVE SURVIVED MANY STORMS