the things (acrylic and graphite on wood board)

hitleresque

in the building where they were

filming the luxury car commercial

and

inside the spokes

of your goodbye

and

under the words expressing

exactly this feeling of helpless despair

and

when i looked between her

thighs and saw she weren't no lady

and

out beyond what was left

of downtown detroit

and

when you told me what

happened on your trip to spain

and

when i found someone

else's toothbrush in your apartment

and

when i asked for an explanation

and knew before you even said a word

it was adolf hitler

even though at one point in our conversation

you had reffered to it as hope

it was only adolf hitler

as the sun was clearing the grey

outline of downtown brooklyn