False Wood

but an expensive piece of luggage
credits you with its destination
for people with unfortunate names
unworldly favors leave this rivalry
of intelligent design harkens
my bookthumpers dark age
to sit on this one shelf
these trophies of the hunt
corpsed by the suggestion
always a man, abominably
promoted beyond our means
in the manner of countryfolk
amusement at my register
we have both kinds of music here