by Alan Catlin
Smith & Wesson
reports
expected increased sales
revenue
in handgun
sales
to law enforcements
agencies countrywide
due to stimulus package
funds
& an anticipated spike
in crime rates
caused by hard economic
times after bad
quarterly earnings
following drop in
in discretionary
spending on shot guns
and hunting rifles
no impact statement
issued on expected rise
in private sales
to individuals
& criminals
was made
available
at this time
Alan Catlin's latest chapbook is a long poem, Thou Shalt Not Kill, an updating of Rexroth's seminal poem of the same name. Whereas Rexroth riffs on the abuses of the Eisenhower adminstration, the update observes abuses of power in the previous administration with particular attention to the cynical, criminal behavior towards the Katrina hurricane victims.
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