Rex received his pink slip from Chrysler

as more auto workers continue

assembling fossil-fueled products

extracting energy

from dead life.

In the unemployment line

he rejected a job offer

to blast mountain tops

in search of coal.

Neither did he consider

a bonus and benefits

to carry a gun for Blackwater

in the incessant war.

Wiith his digs emptied out

except for a 42' flat screen

a DVD player

and a recycled bag of movies

he avoided abjection.

The electricity scheduled for cut off

by midnight, he settled in

to review segments of favorite films:

"The Women" 1939

black and white

with a special fashion show

where women in bathing suits

look better in color

the skin tones glisten.

"Run Silent, Run Deep" 1958

torpedo warfare

fire one dive dive.

"Viridiana" 1961

a nun out of the convent

and a beggar's banquet.

"Labyrinth" 1986

spandex and goblins

where nothing is what it seems.

When the power outage ended his festival

he donated his film collectiion

to the public library

and drove his VW camper

to the Salton Sea

looking for a space

rent free