ain’t born typical
50 yrs.
come+gone
on the lawn
a large black
poodle not
mephistopheles
blackie to you
verst to me (no not after a salami that would be versht)
slim girl 13
with braces
protruding
standing beside the tree
now thicktrunked +veiny
not unlike me (not so thick just vainy)
50 yrs. have come +gone
see the lawn where i sunbathed
with a dead cousin’s bride
sexy+blonde beverly she was
found with her lover in a closet (a week after the wedding ceremony)
which mother went to in detroit
father escaped through the milkbox
while “babysitting” never to return
brother burned with a fever (as per usual)
but fever broke on sunday
pus-ey tonsils stopped reeking
though brother never did
so were our parents mere figureheads?
or CIA operatives? why don’t u tell me
and brother i will gladly pay you tuesday
for a hamburger today
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Winter 2019/2020
songanddancegirl 