Saturday, February 26, 2011

Kittens

There is a man at the mall
who sells puppies, kittens,
and ultraconservative
themed T-shirts.

The shirts praise God,
Glenn Beck, and small government,
sometimes all at once.  The puppies
wail like tortured captives.

I wanted to ask the man
about this, but his bandana
and tattooed arms suggested
thinly repressed violence,

while his many silver rings
promised a bloody beating.
I feared for my safety.
I worry about those kittens.

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