paris hilton on a raft

paris hilton on a raft
sailing thru the price marks
like so many scissored paper
flowers in the diaspora our
children write crude news
my space or live journal
who knew the abandonment
would be this wide spread?
& suddenly the gaps extend
on all side the quake not
even having happened yet
that's why paris needed her
raft that's why it is raining
bits of red-colored tags
that's why there is no true tone
ringing in the basil-scented night.