26 SEPTEMBER FROM THE WORLD OF THE ABSURD
LAST WEEK FORMER WOULD-BE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HERMAN CAIN TWEETED
‘SEEMS LIKE THE VIRUS IS LESS DEADLY
THAN MAINSTREAM MEDIA FIRST MADE IT APPEAR’
BUT CAIN HIMSELF HAD ALREADY DIED OF COVID IN JULY
THE REVENANT REVISITED?
SEEMS LIKE
‘CAIN GANG’ TWEETS ARE NOW ‘ANCHORED’
BY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS
ILLUMINATED BY OFFICERS DETAINING HIM
DANIEL PRUDE WAS A NAKED BLACK MAN SHOWING UP WHITE AGAINST THE TARMAC
HE’S CUFFED HOODED PROSTRATED ONTO THE PAVEMENT
GRABBING A HANDFUL OF HOOD AN OFFICER KNEELS ON HIS HEAD
WHEN THE FAMILY LAWYER FINALLY PUBLISHES THE POLICE VIDEO
PRUDE’S LOWER ABDOMEN IS BLURRED INTO A LUMINOUS BLOB
THE EFFECT IS BOTH PRUDISH & COMPELLING
AN ALREADY SPECTRAL PRESENCE
MADE NUMINOUS BY HIS DEATH IN CUSTODY
A FEW DAYS LATER
WISHING WE REALLY KNEW WHAT MAKES THEM DO THIS KIND OF THING YOURS TRULY THE NEWS POET
