Rhetorical Epiphany

By Toren Wallace

Discourse is the killing field

where,

Medic-corgis
tend to wounded

Jazz ensembles
flanked by
razor-sponge
words.

while,

Fairies
surrender to
machine-transfusion
paychecks.

Mingus and Dolphy
lead the processional
of benevolence,
“So Long

Eric,”
this is everything
perfect.