Thursday, October 28
STATES & CAPITALS The capital of January is January. The capital of a hospital is the morgue. The capital of the hospital is a refrigerated truck. The capital of the truck is oil. Oil tells the President to stand down. The President looks toward the Capitol Building. It is a capital idea. The sentries that guard the idea do not believe in it. They believe in the guarding; that only they know who it must be guarded from. The capital is in each of them. It is infected with the anti-idea, the belief in the President. The viral load increases. The capital thick with infection. The virus builds its capital in each branch of the lung. When the lungs no longer work it moves its capital to the trash-covered ground. The capital of death is under siege. Death builds its capital in America. The nursery is the capital of Death. Death is a country lacking hospital beds. Inside the cab of its refrigerated truck Death idles the engine. (Chris Santiago)