the second amendment

I've been studying the second
amendment,

he says, lighting another cigarette
and scratching

the tattoo of a skull
on his arm.

and I think that we should have
the right

to own cannons. those big ones
like there used to be on pirate ships.

there's nothing in the constitution
against it.

and mustard gas too. why not?
we need to protect
ourselves.

what if aliens attack, or the dead
rise from
their graves

and want to eat us.
what if my neighbor suddenly

gets tired of my barking dogs and wants
to slay me?