Its shape tells us plainly
time inside is curved
it holds Elvis Presley's body
perfectly
preserved
When Kennedy came with Monroe
late in '55
the senator carved their
names
by the overdrive
it's an accident of nature
designed by architects
NASA built
it from an alloy
they'd stolen from the Czechs
The Beast Box is dreaming
what you
believe
The replica at Disneyland
in the big exhibition hall
it's correct to the
last nut and bolt
it's nothing like it at all
if a pregnant woman touches it
the child
will be shy
and if you glimpse it once
you eventually die
The Beast Box is
dreaming
what you believe
In a dream I'm inside
with my kid brother
there's
scenes of awful suffering
we're avoiding looking at each other
then he's pointing to the
handrail
it's long, of burnished chrome
saying in that stupid voice of his
