Restorative Juicebox




Nobody was locked in a cathedral
& they burnt it down

because of staples, because of expired tubs
of yoghurt, because of five kinds of Mountain Dew

They filled his boots
with crispy wraiths

because of chocolate gum, because of
canned ham, because of styrofoam peanuts

They removed his head
& installed an LED sunlamp

because of chilblains, because of Sea Monkeys,
because of Greatest Hits

They bound his feet
with caution tape

because of jam bands, because of breadsticks,
because of bedbugs

They filled his shelves
with cantaloupes & weevils

because of liverwurst, because of xmas
episodes, because of candlepins

They blinded his eyes
with a million hairpins

because of bulbous, because of slobber,
because of jowls

They dissed his bowels
& flushed his buttons

because of Einstein, because
of Palestine, because of Target gift cards

Nobody felt worse
than they did

when they tased him, when
he amazed them by

vacantly gaping, when he
gave them a taste of his

copious tears & then they
knew

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