Defenestrate

because there I buy greeting
cards and drugs
to keep my brand new Harley
from clogging my arteries 

I will defend the windows of the CVS near me.

it’s just a window you know, 

but certain times of the day you're sure to see
truth and bravery,
laws, rules—
and my values framed in a halo of sunlight.
It is the antidote for starving kittens

narrow shoulders draped with stars and stripes,
my head adorned with buffalo skin,
I paint my body
like a dentist's chair so
my boss won’t notice me prepared
to take life, God willing,
to protect this sacred glass

i have a juice box in my fanny pack
and shoulder chips
filed to points for stabbing and
drawing the line we cross today.
beasts treed and let go