The Cages, Your God
       

the cages, your god triumphant, tiny smirking no means yes
yes means anal god, platinum glimmering god from beyond
the Bay of Campeche

the cages, your flexing muscle god, your cover model
god, insulin-dependent price gouging pharmaceutical god,
virtue of selfishness god who speaks one language

your welfare queen and self-deport Caucasian god,
your pain purifies so embrace the trickle down god,
all value entombed in a temple called currency god, flim flam

colonial fetishist god, the pulled over for driving black god,
and then you'll be a felon and then you can't vote
but come to a revival and repent god

the cages, children like fat-breasted toppling over unable
to walk Tyson chicken god, right to work god,
the life is inviolate except when born south of the wall god,

the old god vindictive not at all god

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from Arsenal With Praise Song
Orison Books
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