A decade ago
during the wars between radio frequency satanists
the unfeeling hospital administration packed up my
father’s luggage
and kicked him out of this world
Leaving me the crippling bill
Now I am a resident
blood pressure boiling my insides
Whiskey bugs devouring my brain
I wander into the Misery Pavilion
sponsored by benevolent tyrants
who defraud souls from opulent boardrooms
The criminal magician of this bankrupt necropolis
got his start in this building
Just a crazy, drugged out rock star
making deals with dark forces
disappeared into the stadium crowd
I look into a room
a plastic doctor with doll’s eyes
performs a lobotomy on a mannequin
with a bonesaw
Walking towards me
in the grim hallway
trancelike
A towering nurse dressed in white
A gas mask
thankfully
covering her face
She pushes pills on a tray to me
next to the tablets
a charred chicken leg
or body part from a creature of similar size.
ANGER AT THE END OF THE WORLD 
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