Wine of Babylon (1984) by Kevin Young

Mr T pity
the fool who
wears his red

suit to the White
House--no bus
boy--just Mr T

duded up as Santie
Claus, arms around
the First Lady--

fine china. Linens.
Silver
service. Gold

around his neck
--not noosed--he say
the weight of slave

chains. South
African mines.
GLOBAL/INDUSTRIAL.

BOILING POINT OF WATER.

Divestment,
diversions, division
of labor. No Secretary

of State--just mokawked
Mr T, challenger
to Rocky Balboa,

talking/trading
blows. UHNN.
Eye

of Tiger. EYE
OF HORUS
--PROTECTION

--HEALING
He pilot
the helicopter

to drop enemy
city a bomb. A-Team.
Special agent

secret. SOW'S EAR/
SILK PURSE.
NON-TOXIC

on a toy elephant.
Gilded, gelding--
No animals

harmed in the making--
a chesire cat, striped
black, disappearing

till only the grin remains--

by Kevin Young, "Wine of Babylon" (1984) published in To Repel Ghosts. Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 2001. If you like it, buy it here.

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