A ring placed inside a box of ribbons A master engaged in Cartesian rhythms A mortuary sign fixed on a post A welfare husband plays the host A drunk on his feet one last time A rapist repeats his mother’s crime A storefront papered with pink paper sheets A whore is handing out ass on the street A finery labeled with title and brass A bottle filled with Styrofoam and gas A tongue piercing coming loose again A band once more strikes up the tin A fever is spread between paper cut ha...