stark, harsh and bold

Stark, harsh & bold, came
stumble and bounce diagonal
off the angle of wall on

his way and fell short
to a standing stop, bolt
up right and - swayed his way to heavy, saw

on the well-shelved wall, every single next drink
he would never now have. In decision

adamant, after
what he just

done? Nothing could take that
back or top, still
spinning

he turned to the cabinet
to suit up

in articulate gold
steel red
as old blood, now

the last hero on Earth - not the one
he deserved, to be
but
the one nobody needs

Last piece, the mask
no one ever saw behind.
Hit
the room surround, crank Sabbath
on blast, and

from the inside, the one button untouched
has been touched
from nineteen ninety-when by ones,

each one
last chance

No. Disengaged, again
as usual, and dispassionate
this time passion buried deep, not
to be disinterred, do not disturb
sign hung from some knob, cooly,
even, disinterestedly - the display

one last act of command, reads initiate
self
destruct
complete
end of song, new random next track
brash shuffling in

it's been
a very long time, been a long lonely time
since he trashed a hotel room
six
floors
deep