A Room Of Truths, A House Of Rage by John Sweet

dead man will fuck you hard,
will ride god’s flaming stallion over the
corpses of yr children and call it justice and
if the landscape can only be painted w/ blood then
                                      there are decisions to be made

there are junkies to crucify and
politicians to hang for the tentative
promise of a brighter tomorrow

there is a nation of victims just waiting to
blame you for their problems but
screw that

draw strength from their misery and learn to
drink the marrow from their bones

understand yrself to be the enemy
                                            and laugh

john sweet, b 1968, still numbered among the living. A believer in writing as catharsis. an optimistic pessimist. Opposed to all organized religion and political parties. Avoids zealots and social media whenever possible. His latest collections include A NATION OF ASSHOLES W/ GUNS (2015 Scars Publications) and APPROXIMATE WILDERNESS (2016 Flutter Press). All pertinent facts about his life are buried somewhere in his writing.