the 2011 zippitydoodah reaction


(thank you to the band Autograph,
the backwards tears that retreated to the ducts,
and my Justice League pajamas)

if, in the morning,
Genuine Affection has snuck away
without leaving a note,
reflect sound praise,
howl to archangels,
don the Korean house slippers,
for your internal solidarity remains unimpeached

moonlight requisition
and Perry Como,
keep it mellow,
live in slo-mo

the difference between a stuffed penguin and
a loving husband is a spinal column.
I abandoned my undergrad misery
on the slalom. Remember:
Hot Dog was a Movie,
but Hamburger was a Motion Picture.

(cue musical interlude, this one goes
out to the mumblecore –
baristas, start your interior monologue!
VRROOMM VRROOMM)

“so make me a shitty cup of coffee
and give me paper cuts across the face,
punch me in the brain with your rejection,
I’ll gladly disappear without a trace!
(louder in Poughkeepsie!)
make me a shitty cup of coffee,
give me paper cuts across the face,
punch me in the brain with your rejection,
I’ll gladly disappear without a trace!”

(restoration of proclamation of
dedication to explanation,
your guarantees are cooling on the windowsill)

the monsoon persists in the
land of capitalism, ornery and unsympathetic
dollar bills and pennies from heaven
bringing the death count to
a Quarter Past Calamitous,
something with a hint of worm in it
to mitigate my ginger intake –
no alcohol, no hallucination,
no resurrection of ghost Catwomen.

South Jersey’s ablaze again
yet so close to the Atlantic;
without Gandolfini, the tilt-a-whirl
is lost. Don’t get frantic; head to Coney.
New Yorkers, grab your stickball bats.

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