mighty walks outside the hotel
to take an exit interview with smoke breaks
the other cops can believe
that he still does it in secret
he even purposely overdoes cologne
(mobius strip by Hope Kintobor)
to fool the farces
a pointless stare at the waning crescent
he recalled Ray freaking
at the death camps again
jumping in place
like the gas is seeping, crawling, seeping
gotta breathe gotta breathe fuck
but it's only a gas station
under the fluorescent humming above the linoleum
ray handcuffed in the back
mighty smokes
drives to the clinic
cuts the lights at the receiving area
waits for dr. quack
mighty is the crazy dick
who still dreams
of boning crazy
mighty is the cop
who quit everything
to not shoot
but ask questions
he's at the conference
isn't he
the cloud covers the moon