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Roadkill Rocker by Stewart Stafford
I ordered madness on toast.
My reflection pooled on the floor,
splashed around in it for ages,
until room service imploded the door.
“Time to pay the piper, son,” it growled —
“It’s my record label’s tab, you’ll find out!”
They clay-pigeoned my sandwich at me,
my last morsel before getting kicked out.
Housekeeping surveyed the wreckage,
this one-man party animal slunk to his feet:
“Don’t I know you from somewhere?”
“Yeah — I’m roadkill from down the street!
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Men were doomed to repeat the sins of not only their fathers, but all their ancient forbears on back to Cain. That was the true mark upon man, scripted in his very blood.
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― Lambs of Men
― Lambs of Men
