Triggerman
No flags stand at half-mast for him,
such things are not to be
His history, long and complex as it is remains
untold in the news:
who notes that the dead man's father
sold ice cream?
Why no flags at half-mast?
Can no one see the courage?
I see it now:
we celebrate the general
for his efficiency and excellence
for his knowledge of killing ways;
the rich man we celebrate
for the rich things he does,
but Albin, lonely Albin
was celebrated not at all
Now he is over, like a play
that no longer brings laughter
to the playhouse
his last act had no audience:
the critics failed to attend
No flags stand at half-mast for him
and only three or four people
could even muster tears