poem for the Molotov Mouths

pandemic poem #5
for the Molotov Mouths

this molotov cocktail
is loaded with
a love poem:
hot
sharp
devastating.

it’s sailing
over their chain link
their barbed wire
over their massive concrete:
it’s leaping
every barrier.

it’s exploding
windows
splintering doors
warping steel
this
burning love.

i am standing
in the middle
of this smoking apocalypse
launching the one thing
i have left to say:
i love you
like a riot
like an avalanche
like a hand
that just
won’t
let
go.