Brown Paper Bag

1. you're standing in a parking lot
with a dead goat in front of you,
his legs, hind and front, have been tied
by your hands.
you stand against the graffiti, crumbles,
with a skirt on your legs and a bag on your head
(everyone else should be wearing a bag on
their heads but its only you).

2. after bar binge:
the alcohol in your head
blurring your vision
screaming pizza, pizza
so you get it to go and take it home.

3. you wanted to keep the frogs you found
as pets so you hid amongst the rocks
and watched the jumping warted toads
eyeing their way back and forth,
and caught them and concealed them.

4. the barbeque blew up again
but this time it blew up in your face.
you cut holes in a paper bag for eyes,
and you cover the second degree burns so your
children won't have to go through the pain.
your face scabs over
and you remove the bag
and they stare, shocked and speechless
at the gentle monster in the living room.

5. you have promised
your friend that you will help him die,
but he's all out of plastic
so you tape the paper bag to his head
and tie his hands behind his back,
and watch him suffocate.