Issue
#4

July
2009

a poem by John Rocco

FUCK LOVE

Everything just goes
bananas and kings
cockroaches and Hollywood
it all fades away.
Everything just goes
like Shea Stadium
and the tired old guts
of Coney Island.

Everything just goes
in the life of
Frankie V
notorious French
murderer thief poet
who disappeared
crushed by the lack of cash
when he was 32
disappeared after
being banished from Paris
he said in his writing
FUCK LOVE
it kills too much
and is way too expensive.

Everything just goes
Isaac Asimov and the Ramones
subway tokens and summer virginity
blasted apart in days gone lost.

Everything just goes
for Frankie V
who said
FUCK LOVE
it turns us into beasts
with cool heads
headed for the chopping block.

© John Rocco

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