H
e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s
b e r g
N
a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i
v e s E d i t i o n
RICHARD WILMARTH
Confession
Of
A
Failed
Poet
For Mike Smith
It was all my fault. 9-11. The
World Trade Center. The
Pentagon. Anthrax.
Afghanistan. The Israeli
Defense
Forces. Arafat. The
Occupation.
The
Republican Party. Osama.
bin
Laden. Bad heroin. Sharon. Coke.
The letter in the mail
that said I was
wrong.
Yeah, I caused it—My own back pain. Bad
Vision. Nuclear weapons.
Satellite
dishes.
Incomplete orgasms. Rebirth.
Malls. Credit cards. The
Internet. Cell phones.
The
West Bank. Gaza. Pedophilia
in
the priesthood. The wrong side of town &
the
machines that have overtaken me.
4/02
[Originally
published in NHS 2003, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs03/wilmarth.html.]