afraid
i hunted them
down and extinguished
the life of every last one.
research later revealed
that they are not harmful
in the least but could have done
a world
of good.
(and how many
histories reflect
this very notion?)
afraid
i hunted them
down and extinguished
the life of every last one.
research later revealed
that they are not harmful
in the least but could have done
a world
of good.
(and how many
histories reflect
this very notion?)
of edible wooden colored planks
and beaches of white powder sand
of grainy office carpet in brown and tan
and tile of white porcelain
of sunshine without any sunglasses
and eye gouging pain from squinting
of air conditioning, freezing cold bedrooms
and pounds of blankets while fighting sunburn
of mexican, italian, barbeque, pizza, burgers,
and beer, whine, scotch, gin, margaritas
of joy
of rest
of fun
but not so much of fame
i think it would go straight to my head
evening out my clown-esque feet of
10 gallon floppy enormousness
keeping me humble in my inevitable
slow mopey gait
–
p.s.
i’d call it my vacation vocation
and i’d walk tall and straight
proud of my disproportionately dense torso