I.E.D.
Half a boot, old sock
And hand grenade
Eat the sand and
Drink the sun-hot blood.
A virgin's tissues
Crumpled in tears
Move to a landfill from a bedroom
In a town in Oregon.
Some say it was the mother's fault,
The boy never good enough
The girl endlessly made wrong.
But in the end,
One improvised explosion
Is as good as another.
A.H. Jessup
San Diego
6/24/2012