the middle east of your ribcage

the important thing about a argument
is that in the midst
of rage
frustration
throwing things with wires
drawing a blank
when  
someone answers a question
with a question
or quotes scripture
is just when you least expect it
you can jump on  
a mushroom
get swolled  
do things you never thought were possible
like save the princess  
from king bowser
it
don't know me like that
 
i'm that dude
know the contra code by heart
learned the farsi phrase
for
will give bullets for candy
long ago
 
pizza man with the moustache had no kevlar
i had
that girl from the whitesnake video
late night cinemaxing
the hood of a car
niether of us could ever afford
on my wall
 
he had hajir mohammed something
who suicide bombed
some old twa to berlin
from gaza
with three americans in first class
a nat geo cameraman
and three mexican american muslims
seeing egypt
and walking the perimeter of mecca twice
to not disgrace their elders
on his wall
 
pictures
paintings  
heroes
hard ons that don't involve sex
 
crosshairs on my third eye
 
red dots dancing around where your heart should be
 
direct chest hit doesn't blow ideology out the back
 
she never comes home
 
it all just starts over