ANTI-HERO
O TO BE AN ANTI-HERO WHO STRIVES & FAILS
distort contort tear-apart re-assemble
This the work of aging it seems and Dr. Frankenstein
“once I falsely hoped to meet the beings who, pardoning my
outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which
I was capable of unfolding.” (Mary Shelley’s creature)
Only in dreams can you visit your cavorting youth Now Kevorkian
has designs on you How is your re-assembly going? A 90 yr. old
friend said: It’s like waiting for a streetcar Her re-assembly
progressing nicely So far so good Still walking still thinking (too much)
With dreams more vivid than life which seems has increasing fog patches
Mist around the edges We don’t know if our contortions are better than
the alternative (millionaire snake-oil doctor overused this term)
woman: doctor menopause is killing me
doctor: it’s better than the alternative!
All of this at $75/15 minutes but then he was a militant atheist+nihilist
who saw little purpose in human existence (filthy bastard) Wall to wall
women in his waiting room waiting for the magic bullet (rub it on your majora)
I dare you On the way out he handed you his opus full of quotes from great men
with his name on the cover The alternative grew more appealing with each visit
Perhaps the re-assembly machine is moving me toward daffodils+sunshine and
moving Dr. Snake-oil toward a purgatory where he has to write his own material
and wake up in: the alternative as a menopausal woman
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Summer 2014
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