“Their bodies were dragged through the streets and covered in heaps of salt to underline the point.” Sarah Bakewell
killed their bodies
for five earrings
me in the streets expensive
me
the streets
setting
fire
taking
me
into the streets setting fire
to warn
worn like worms
to
worn
tax
collectors houses some
attacked
to
protest and soak
their
chalky white skin in heaps of rebels emblazoned
with carved jade
cabochon rubies
and expensive days of protest
and soaks his chalky
white
skin
into a generally
peasant
uprising a few tax
collectors houses gone and some
covered in 18k gold
my wrists worn
to protest and expensive days
of pleasant protest
