47

He kissed her
through the steel steel bars
He said I love you
She answered Whatever

Outside 47 men
walked down the street sideways
in a fake parade

Inside 47 inmates
read letters from 47 luckless people
With not a real thing said

in the bunch. Upside 47 politicians
passed 47 bills
to protect their whimpering
constituents from

dangerous criminals. And Downside 47
hits of acid
made their way
toward terrifying the aftertaste left

in his mouth when she said Whatever