poem of the day 09.22.11

blood

from the
slice on my thumb
from the
dying cat’s nose
blood
on the floor
blood on the wall
blood
of the cockroach
on a paper towel
blood in the food
blood on the couch
blood
of the housefly
smeared on the window
on the dusty sill
blood on tv
blood at the movies
blood
on the internet
blood in the great books
blood in the dirt
blood
in the history books
on the sport’s fields
blood dripping
from this drunken pen
centuries of blood
on human soil
war blood
senseless blood
nationalistic blood
blood
running through
the veins
blue blood
un-oxidized suffering
for the masses
blood in my eyes
for you baby
i got a knife right here
just waiting
for the first
slit.