Dead Pinata

Dead pinata in a trash can
Was it a donkey?
Paper scraps in a trash can
Was it a monkey?
Body parts in a trash can

Beaten over and over
until it spilled it's guts on the ground
Blindfolded candy junkies,
beating it over and over
until it spilled it's guts on the ground

Little candies in colored wrappers on the ground

Dead pinata has memories of a warm August afternoon


Previously published on poetsagainstwar.net