Our
YOUR FRIEND CHARLIE pawnshop
was a glorious blaze
I heard the flames lick
then eat the trays
of zircons
mounted in red gold alloys
Easter clothes and stolen furs
burned in the attic
radios and teevees
crackled with static
plugged in
only to a racial outlet
Some
thought the FRIENDLY FINANCE FURNITURE CO.
burned higher
When a leopard-print sofa with gold legs
(which makes into a bed)
caught free
an admiring groan from the waiting horde
"Absentee landlord
you got that shit"
Lighting: a hundred Watts
Detroit, Newark and New York
Screeching nerves, exploding minds
lived tied to a policeman's whistle
a welfare worker's doorbell
finger
YOUR FRIEND CHARLIE pawnshop
was a glorious blaze
I heard the flames lick
then eat the trays
of zircons
mounted in red gold alloys
Easter clothes and stolen furs
burned in the attic
radios and teevees
crackled with static
plugged in
only to a racial outlet
Some
thought the FRIENDLY FINANCE FURNITURE CO.
burned higher
When a leopard-print sofa with gold legs
(which makes into a bed)
caught free
an admiring groan from the waiting horde
"Absentee landlord
you got that shit"
Lighting: a hundred Watts
Detroit, Newark and New York
Screeching nerves, exploding minds
lived tied to a policeman's whistle
a welfare worker's doorbell
finger
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