Wednesday, 1 May 2024

formal hysterics


courtesy New York State Faculty of Corrections


truth & justice take the plunge 


he will always thrive on washer-up

duty though the courts may confiscate

every hour of freedom watch his pride

scraping the slops

 

seasoned cons will never work him out

druggies mobsters child molesters owl

lady Joes & lesser-spotted grift

birds of the cage

 

how he gets that kitchen duty licked

not for him the cop-out laundry job

no librarian or sweep nor X

terminator

 

triumphs at the sink shall make his days

pardon him for whistling while he toils

seldom has his like been seen or heard

wielding the sponge

 

one more time give him the biggest hand

what a character to take his place

there with all the greats he waves & steps

up to the plates



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Excerpted from "formal hysterics"...


cut of their tales 

topguns ride

kerosene

horses they’re

champs

 

flatten schools

hospitals

refugee

camps

 

risk their lives

chasing six

million blind

mice

 

kitchen knives

out they run

rolling like

dice

 

then it’s roar

back feet up

calling kids

wives

No Intelligence Whatsoever!







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