All the chicken heads
Are hung against the wall
And in invisible velvet rooms
Choice chokes on power
And the stupid dance
Of commanded wraiths
Processes its time
Declares victors’ empty victory
Only the machine is glorious
Structure is Caesar
While the plebeians play dice
Under a Lotto Number
Soaked in blood
Dan Corjescu teaches at the University of Tübingen’s “Studium Professionale” Program