i punt bullets into the earth’s atmosphere
that fall back to the surface with the weight
of boulders
reducing tokyo, barcelona and new york
to little more than empty craters
i sprint and kick tanks across the planet
like field-goals
hunks of metal raining down on the streets
of paris and seattle
i cock back and hurl mini-vans reckless
as hail-marys
rubber, glass and steel crashing thru rooftops
in lima, omaha and berlin
i toss up telephone poles like free-throws and
fade away
like giant tooth-picks pummeling the pavement
of toronto, houston and washington dc . . .
Bio: Steve Calamars lives in San Antonio, TX. He has a B.A. in Philosophy and works in a grocery store. His first poetry chapbook, American Violence, will be released April 2010 from New Polish Beat. He blogs http://dirtywordsoncleanliving.blogspot.com/
