once it’s over
we will move on
to something else
someone else
someplace else…
eighteen tigers
nine lions
eight lionesses
three mountain lions
six black bears
two grizzly bears
a baboon
and a partridge in a pear tree
were shot to sleep in
Zanesville, Ohio
by Zanesville, Ohio PD
I crossed every finger and toe
and both
testicles
for 12 Monkeys
and Jumanji…
I read about Westlake Center
eight arrests
one man with a rifle
and sex offenders
picketing to be agreed with
again;
a fitness instructor
gaining weight
to help others
lose weight
I had a double onion
cheeseburger and a
side order
of five mozzarella
sticks
chased with a sixteen ounce
bottle of bubbles
and pepsi
and I wish
my toilet
had a scale…
CRIMINALS ARE GETTING SMARTER
THEY SMELL OF EXPENSIVE
COLOGNE
THEIR ENVELOPES
ARE FILLED WITH HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS
BECAUSE THEY KNOW
everyone has to get high
and when they are high
on whatever substance
or drama
no-one is paying attention
AND THE GRADUATES
ARE GETTING DUMBER
THEY ARE TAKING OUT FIVE DOLLAR
LOANS
WITH THREE TIMES THE
PERCENTAGE OF INTEREST
THAN IT WOULD COST
TO JERK OFF
instead they’re buying
a double onion
cheeseburger with a
side order of
five mozzarella
sticks
chased with a sixteen ounce
bottle of bubbles
and pepsi
OR TEN DOLLARS ON DVDS
THEY ARE GOING TO SELL
TO PAY FOR A DROP OF
GASOLINE
THAT WILL
“GET
THEM
through the week”
they aren’t paying attention
and it is getting to be
expensive…
wives are cheating on their
husbands and lying
about it
husbands are cheating on their
wives and calling their
lawyers
who pay too much attention
for people
who care so little
and I am aware
that I am generalizing
but I don’t know
any lawyers
and I am not
bilingual…
cynicism
capitolism
complacency…
I HAVE HAD SEX
WITH TWENTY-ONE WOMEN
FOUR I CARED ABOUT
I HAVE MADE OUT
WITH COUNTLESS MEN
ALL OF WHICH I LOVED
but muscled memories
of thumbnail images
of pornography
are the closest links
I have to
when I first got
to know
how weird I could get…
BAD JOKES: OCTOBER 19TH
BAD JOKES: EVERY DAY
BAD JOKES
MAKE THE PUNCH
THAT MUCH SWEETER
BAD JOKES
MAKE THE CRICKETS
that much louder…
once it’s over
we will move on
to something else
someone else
someplace else…
to October 20th
to streaming videos on CNN
of a bloody Gaddafi
and the Lybians drunk
off of his blood
and as I change the channel
a man with crutches
and a missing foot
enters the building
I am a fixture to,
the left pant leg
of his Levi’s hang
casting a shadowy stub
at the bottom of
them
and I ask him
what happened
because I am interested
everything is only interesting
