Q&A
When you take off your mask, what is your true address
If you had a choice, which tree
would you like to be
which Beethoven symphony
What is the color of Robert Burns’ red red rose
Which is the most difficult of the ten commandments
Did you take Home Economics in high school, or did you take Shop
Who is the one who hurt you the very most? Was this in grade school
was it at home in the kitchen
in the forest glade of bottles of beer
Why did they do it
Why could you never prevent them hurting you
you in your jacket of anger, your unlaced shoes of loss
Whom did you hurt the very most
while considering yourself
the innocent victim
Why do you believe you were born in a death camp
When you are freezing, does it help to bite your nails
Do you really still shoplift
Why are you so fond of dancing do you love your body that much
When we throw away our handcuffs, will they be buried in sand
Do you want your children to spend an average three hours a day
tethered to the tube
through which an entire culture feeds them lies
When you were alive, did you like having money
Did you like sex
Well, did you like it anyway?
Which train are we on is there a quiet car is there a car for weepers
for weapons
for widows