Wipe me away clean
As if I never existed
So that I can be seen
A mile away
As the thief who covets
Your useless things
Tape up my mouth
So that I cannot say
A word back to
My executioner
Make me wear labels
Neighbors now warned
To hunt the witch with
The sideways look
You toil over your
Crumbling fortress
Speak in dark corners
With your cronies
Smoking cigarettes
Silencer, my Hitler,
The prevailer
Of falsity--how can
Someone who said
Loved me once
Turn the gas on
With such ease?
