144 Exciteable Persons
(Algeria)

114 dead,
114 exciteable persons
reported
by the press,
spoken of
in connection
with liberty.

A mere 114 dead
in the morgue
of our time,
an infinitesimal number
of 114 dead.

Desert sands
and darkness over the Caspah
and tortured men
and 114 dead.

114 dead
and listening to music
and love affairs
and cold winds
and laughter
and writing
and getting up
and contemplating
and 114 dead.

114 exciteable persons,
departed
suddenly,
unexpectedly,
leaving no forwarding address.

114 unremarkable persons,
save that they died
between the 10 Dec & 13 Dec (inclusive),
in the year, 1960.

114 exciteable persons.