2 Poems

Italian Ice and Wiffle Ball

pink tofu the glamour of sin The Big Apple’s intrinsic beauty seeds floating around the core bubble toes only the king is allowed to eat lychee fruit three fires inside the flesh grass jelly laughter do not eat the bittermelon seeds or they will grow in your stomach uptown: playground games low-income sweat asphalt nostalgia Rhinelander and the youth of today Rupert was a brewmaster life’s complications are excuses, not reasons the pigs and chickens live happily, together make naan not war batter up! Wasp and Apple Gorgonzola Salad eating Jell-O with chopsticks a misrepresentation of the dragon will result in a loss of customers reasons are unnecessary happiness is overrated / depression is underrated Blue Dolphin: 50% MDMA 20% Caffeine 20% DMX 10%unknown substance purcussing the point stethoscope serious lysis lime stuck in a Jacobean syndrome coiled snake hissing at desk the true experimentalist does nothing in the most abstract way n + o + t + h + i + n + g to the “n” degree thus spake XXXXXXX XXXXXXX from the Dept. of Justice in-between statutes free from the wife ex nihilo ex unbound psychedelic pranks and a blue rose sparkling with glitter good-luck buddy slap on the back from Budweiser breath flower vendor the afternoon’s possibilities are false three taps on the table when tea is served entactogen head soul

return to SHAMPOO 18