1. The Mindless Newscaster
rattled on about someone seeking sanctuary,
and I thought aren’t we all seeking something?
Then flash/break (no segue here) he was off
on some poorly written (and even more
poorly read)
diatribe about a maroon sedan speeding
backwards
in rush hour traffic. I so
know that feeling!
I actually laughed out loud when the video
rolled, and some microscopic box-shaped
blur
criss-crossed the screen. Who
shoots this stuff
anyway? [Dramatic music pause]
Breaking
news:
the weekend weather is going to be crappy,
with a slight chance of an upgrade to
barely passable
by Sunday evening. Oh
Goody! I sigh
as the next picture shown (before
commercial)
is a copper-toned sunset behind a
moss-covered stone.
At
least I’m not the only one rolling
nowhere
fast.
*Click*
*Click*
*Click*
Oh, a
new reality show!
Suddenly my life
didn’t seem so bad after all.
***
2. A Word To/From My Sponsor
Get back [to]
Work bitch!
You
definitively have to write Once
Upon
a Time [In Hell].
Oh, and don’t
forget to reference that mythical dog,
the Greek one with a bunch of heads.
I know you know
the one I mean. OMG, you can
totally do a whole series of Greek dog
poems.
Or maybe dog myth poems. Wasn’t there
one with a volcano? Gionsomething.
I know you know
what I’m talking about.
It was the title of that poetry
book we read in that class
eons ago.
I understand now
what you meant about me talking
through your feelings, ferreting out the
writing
points.
This completely sucks
in a ridiculous (and semi-professional-
ly productive) but fun kinda way.
***
3. Of Bullets
silver
miniature
missiles
unmotivated
mindless
powder kegs
cocked
loaded
ready
aimed(?)
to be
fired
***
4. Electric Caterpillars
stretch automatronic joints, crack
non-existent knuckles in metaphoric
preparation.
Insurmountable feats of gravity defiance
tackled and completed in three blinks
of lashless night-vision eyes. They are glowing
with more than pride.
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