The Outsider (Part IV)

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‘What is that bell?’
It ought to be for you.
‘Why do they keep ringing it? When will they stop?’
Like you care.
‘I’ve
‘Heard it before. I should have gone with them. I was
‘The only one left.’
Your tongue
Is lethal but your sword is quiet.
‘The bag in front of you is as big as the one behind me. But I won’t give in.’
Break
One-one do you copy four-two-four-zero-zero—
Your hometown
It’s not like this
‘What do you want from me? What do you want?
‘I never claimed Spinoza’s Stone, I always did
‘What I was told, always. Is this not the case?
‘Can you disagree with me?’
Sasha sugi, he says.
Your path is set, I see you shall not waver.
But be warned I shall bring the pain
Should you posture and tarnish your shield further.

When Hagar’s husband got snuffed, I thought—
I’m not making this up, seriously I thought this,
WE ARE THE DEAD
We’re hiding under the porch, shh baby don’t look don’t look.
Now you won’t have to worry if he’ll find out
About you and me. His Havanas, I gave them to Bobby.
T had me in his den, Hagar, and he bragged about them,
He said, you know, they’re finer than she is.
And sweeter-tasting, he said, so I hid them in my jacket.
I kept them for five months, but I don’t smoke, see.
We’re going to die, she said. Looks like it, I said.
Then get on top of me, she said, and let’s get to it.
WE ARE THE DEAD
You don’t get to choose, just grab one.
Take your receipt and step out of the way.
And if you run out, you have only yourself to blame.
You’ve had time to prepare, I said, you knew this was coming.
(For fifteen years no less.)
I see him, she said, turning the spotlight,
He’s got something in his hand, like he’s on fire, she said,
(He keeps getting hit, but he doesn’t go down.)
The lawyer didn’t want me out here, but I’d never seen a NBK.
You’re a terrifying metsunge, I thought.
My, if I met your efficient cause, I’d just die, I thought,
Where your red kalki at Superbeast?
WE ARE THE DEAD
Dang, the rain that’s coming down, he never saw the like,
As he put the cross on his head, not the crown that others—
WE ARE THE DEAD
WE ARE THE DEAD
Dive false tongue. Dive wasp. Dive candle-waster. Dive.
I’ll be waiting. Dive. Dive.
Dive down, men, dive down, ladies, dive down, dive down.

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