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this poem contains material unsuitable for children
bury the fire extinguishers

there is more than one kind of paranoia
and i get this one sometimes
stones on fingers and wrists
glittering on rings and bracelets
stones in deserts and walls
stones in lands i've never seen
waiting to explode
if i have one false thought
that sort of paranoia
is a gift

there's another paranoia
presented as a gift
wrapped and shining
but you pay
you pay
you pay

and its given to you
by strangers with neon teeth looking for a thrill
by those who stick their cocks into children
and by those who devise less honest forms of rape
when the paedophiles come you're free
(for a while)

and those who give you this paranoia inhabit
the delivery room
the classroom
the factory
the welfare office
they're in the ghetto
they're on the farms
they're in the universities
and jails
they're in those places softened by prayer
and they're in
they're in.....

and they fix you with anus eyes
and worm lips move
and plant seeds into your future
where they germinate and flourish
and wait

and these seeds
claw
claw
claw onto what you are
and paralyse

and to those who give this paranoia
i say
take this gasoline
and take these matches

(bury the fire extinguishers)
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