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25 White Power And blessed is the lion that becomes man when consumed by man, and cursed is the man whom the lion consumes, and the lion becomes man. In lion garb I drive among the oblivious, the Janus-faced Jesus freak pranksters and salesman broadcasting from churches large as hangars. They shalt not consume me. Outside Autozone a man asks for change, saying he’s just been released from county. I give him two bucks and he lifts his stained t-shirt showing off a tattooed cross between his shoulders drawn with a child’s deliberate hand, and below, inked letters spelling WHITE. How does he know, my zippers and seams hidden, I’ve paced cages where raw meat is seasoned to taste, tenderized with mallets, wrapped in plastic and shipped to various destinations where jobs and shelter are denied? Does he believe I’m a man as he is – white duplicates itself in vicious glimmers 26 or that if I destroy him I will become him, bending him over the hood of my wagon in a pearl-handled embrace that cuts heavenly, vapor steaming celestial glass, a cleaning? ...

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