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Old Berkowitz, distracted,
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Parties, he aches wistfully,
Parties, he aches wistfully,
once offered shelter.
once offered shelter.
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« The Mailer ReviewVolume 13 Number 1 • 2019 »
Written by
Sal Cetrano
Note: For David Koresh
URL: http://prmlr.us/mr13cet1


All the Same
Sal Cetrano
—“Political correctness is the most cowardly form of free speech.” —Frank Zappa

Old Berkowitz, distracted,
fights to recollect the names
for things, the windblown kind:
philosophies, programs,
the inveterate skirmishes
that script and score an era,
pack its duffel tight
with forbidden freight.
Would the lady, he extends,
care to be more specific?
Who was it, exactly, who’d held
you down—or was that back?
The wash of her alarums
makes waves in his whiskey,
disturbs icy faces, the cozy
leaden feel of the tumbler,
snug as a hand grenade.
What a gift, to recognize
the enemy in any landscape!
Parties, he aches wistfully,
once offered shelter.