Cold Mutants
What's in your mouth--a dead snake?
Not quite dead, just not awake.
It's warm outside at 11 degrees.
We've mutated so we can't freeze.
We can't unthaw, hibernating still
so we take our drugs and we take the pill.
Early, early in the morning
just before the red sun dawning
little demon man runs through our sleep
who cannot find our souls to keep.
We lie in our sweaty little beds and dream
of five different guys and silent screams.
When plaintive notes bring us memories
of life before this present deep-freeze
we'll allow one hot, salty tear or maybe two
but not enough to flood away the callousness that grew
like an iceberg wall surrounding each one;
we tried to melt it with body heat,
but it just can't be done.
So while the earth is heading up with
all our cast-off shit
we've becoming individually wrapped frozen popsicles--
wanna have a lick?

PamFriedEhli/1991
We, who revel in our uniqueness
seem to eventually learn
that we're just like everyone else.
Then for a while, we function as non-humans,
individuality wiped out, a recurring memory.
And as we whole-heartedly
rejoice in our conformity,
we come to realize,
our logic unscathed,
that by our sincerity
we are once again non-conformists.

PamFriedEhli/1991
ormists
Buried in what field?
Suffice it to say that
I sold out.
And what's the use
of possession?
You have it--
you either sell it
or stare at it.

PamFriedEhli/1992
Desecration
Non-Conformists
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