valentine's day massacre
xixax untied ropes gagging mouth and blinding eyes
in paroxysm of schoolgirl charm
and rebel all night parties in denny's
where wild and lonely boys with pierced tongues
expected fame would welcome them with applause
because of beauty,
but xixax wrecked their fantasies
demanded publicity on walls in disobedience to landlords and hollywood
and guardians of spaces and walls
xixax requiring requiems to housing project hill
xixax distributed codex
and wore mask
announcing that subcommandante marcos approved guns if necessary
making lists
and manifesto of poetry
and identifying landlords;
xixax disappears into the night
but first paints posters with her eyes
on walls that say post no bills
xixax whispers in fluorescent rooms
that hold the light of dawn
rising and freezing like pinnacle of Chinle,
like a woman in a pink coat
or the air
waiting to explode