All-nite coughing

All-nite coughing proceeds
only
into the emptied out
pockets
of the shrink-beggar's
sanity preservation
park

his wunderkind
lost suicidal
past
& false academic
treasury

them leaky shoes...
the glowing kirsch need...

the all-nite coughing proceeds
through all hotel
floors
through buckets of ice
and all-nite
it's-the-room-to-your-left
gangbang

the nameless do understand
all matter of things
acceptance
all life supporting
duties
all uselessness
of written word
& the pros and cons
of sleeplessness

the heroes they are...

the perfect stranger's kindness
the nighttime's blood eye
servitude...

while the all-nite coughing proceeds...
& each cough is holy
believe it or not
is
several hours of sleep
& a kiss
from Rimbaud
at a gunpoint