Warning: May shock & offend

ARTIFICE OF ABSORPTION

In my first/worst 9/11 dream
copyrights were violated. On my shirt

in mirror writing, “STILL TOO SOON”
in glow-in-the-dark puff paint lit up the room,

but everyone ignored my warnings &
every time I turned around, you ducked,

which made me want to hit you. Cause & effect!
Fountain of youth vs. fountain of death:

whatever I dream-defenestrate next--
the loudspeakers? the promises?--better

not doubt it’ll turn into an owl.
Literature & all stuff disturbs me now.