headline poetry

Saddling up,
manatees ride with the hunt;
trying out the violence
in the expanse of the killing wood.

O,
drink before killing,
golf in the backyard,
probe the suspect:
40 to 1.

When curly smoke
urges
preistly revisions,
the death toll from
same-sex unions at the Vatican
will make a 360° accident, and stop all video.

Out it wants,
flames dance on the water.
Drink before killing,
backyard lessons
probe the suspect:
40 to 1.

A racer’s accidental driving
kills tourist on the Hudson River.
She was cruising for drugs,
threatening some teens and
the roommates of our Girl Scouts.
Blame it on the mom.

Over it goes,
drink before killing,
backyard probes,
the suspect is finished:
40 to 1
it’s 40 to life.