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The Best of Sex and Violence
By David Gecic

Published in The Anti-Mensch (May 1996)

I saw a movie today,
The Best of Sex and Violence.

And when a child
takes her daddy's shotgun
and blows away her playmates,
we all wonder
and cry.
The Best of Sex and Violence.

And when a girl is raped
on a lonely El platform
and her body hurled
in front of a speeding train
to be broken to pieces,
we all wonder
and cry.
The Best of Sex and Violence.

And when I take love
and hold it like a knife
against your throat
until a thin red line appears,
separating us,
I wonder
and cry.
The Best of Sex and Violence,
I can hardly wait
for Part II.
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