Just The Pasta

Just The Pasta

A Poem by Alexander Emberson
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A discussion.

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I think that man shot himself.


See three shell casings glisten
like wishes in a fountain.


He’s sprawled out like a
neo-Jesus killed again by
man’s creations.


What was in his hand?

An unemployment check?

There’s a thought.


His hand is too tightly closed
to see.

His brain is too tightly

mashed between the mortar and

bricks laid down thousands of years ago.


Ready to order?

            

Yes, I’m going to just get some pasta.

© 2012 Alexander Emberson


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With white sauce, not red...
It happens just like you write it.

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Added on December 29, 2012
Last Updated on December 31, 2012
Tags: suicide, death, family, money, bills, jesus, religion, guns, kids, water, life, hell, heaven, mom, dad

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Alexander Emberson
Alexander Emberson

Saint Louis, MO



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