N P K A
by Hal C Clark


where Big Tex lives
some strut with Glock on hip
while I am pulled aside
for carrying

a small pocket knife my dad used
to cut string
fishing line
tape
cardboard

weapon of mass destruction
two inches long

I could make it safe
if only I had
a lobby






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