Insurance

is there salvation

redemption resurrection

another shot for anyone

when they try to kill

you for the crimes

for which rightly or wrongly

you've been accused

but can't because the rope

hanging from the tree

snaps more than once

or the noose unspools

from round your neck

or the trap door

despite the simplicity

of the mechanical lever

refuses to open to

the emptiness below

or the bullets from the guns

simply miss the mark

in response to recent

incompetence the evidence

is all over social media

does the witchcraft rise again

or the treason dissipate

in a confounding patriotic fervor

is there such a thing as

re-naturalization to a homeland

after being unceremoniously deported

with all your advanced

degrees and unbridled

certainty you think not

but nevertheless insist

on telling me in this

therapeutic intervention

for which you charge

by the hour that the best way

to undo a taut wet knot

in an old line of thought

is to let the cord

in which it’s wrought

thoroughly dry in sunlight

and all i can mutter under

my breadth in retort

to such profound advice is

insurance doesn't pay for that