damn the water

the water is what they wanted.

damn them,
and they wanted the water.

crawl, crawled, crawling
spray, sprayed,
sprawling
drowned and descended

descended, decent and
descending
while unscented

nevermind, anyway…

seeds in the way
at the core
and correlated pain
or related, relenting no,
unrelenting

but still, anyway…

papier-mâché, or
paper machine
papers, in plural
paper, paper, paper
and a paper
made of papers, and
words, and
binary computer script

no, nevermind, anyway…

damn them,
they can have the water

hold it, nevermind, anyway…

the message unsent,
the Bell unrung (was it alex and her?)
instant (gritty?)
binary computer script
binary, coronary, post-script
left untyped,
or typed, re-typed, and typed again
backspace backspace backspace
butterfly q

wait, nevermind…

no, no – damn them,
let them have all the water
till they drown
or can’t swim

seriously, nevermind…

can’t stand the swimming
can’t swim the standing
pool of uncognitive thought
(free of linguistic chains)
just standing, or
lying there as the case may be
or maybe it isn’t

but anyway...

he couldn’t stand (on) the water
(damn them)
so he took the gun of hand
and shot himself
in the head

he took the gun of hand
and shot himself
in the head
with a rubber band

and it hurt

it hurt,
damn it