Soft Riot/TV News
6pm july 4
theyre marching on the american consulate
be/cause
theres nowhere else to go
its cold in the city wind off the water
trains on time
marching
marching for
marching for reasons
in adeladie a man takes off his coat
in melbourne a man sits down and sighs
in sydney a man changes channels
in brisbane its windy southwest change max 65
THE CAMERAMEN ARE READY action
action
the spotlit streets action
spit back cats cars action
a spearhead of radicals bearing red flags urged
on and led by other students a drawing of the prime
minister was also burned a petition police wielding
batons kicked and punched 1000 independence day
ball with 99 arrested and constable green hit by
a stone & allowed to leave
I tell ya jude
you cant beat the sheriff
che che che che
che guevara
che che guevara
che che che guevara
che che guevara
che
angelic hip christ holding
bulletholes to his poems:
crucified dead & buried
after three days he didnt
rise/no rock rolled back
who live out your lives
who live out your lives
in darkness
in darkness
a match
three butts
ashes all
on a box
of pins
the police were unable to find a motive for the killing.
they suggested three alternatives:
READY
up against the wall
they pin the target
to your chest & share
your last cigarette
up against the wall
clawing at
AIM
spotlights arclight gutteral swing bark
blinding the wire ripping through your outstretched
fingers tearing at your machinegun gut gut to
shredding clothes a shirt flagged above bones the
wire flashing with the sun wire barbs gaa sssh ing
when I shut my eyes its dark in my brain
zzzooooooooooooomm shot
reversed to full screen
panoramic wall
strung by the hungry prisons of
FIRE
click
goodnight melbourne
lights out adelaide
brisbane shut your eyes
sydney
see you in the morning