Gaining hours
And struggling not to mention
Provocative encounters with out-of-town clowns
Who fight uppers with downers
Lick sounds on toothpicks where
I am most likely found
Stripping prom queens
of their titles
Crashing bridal showers with balaclavas
And defeated, cleats-up fouls
I stage residencies in recesses
That distort with caresses and digest
My best suggestions of ethics
Favors for flavors we
saved for later in refrigerated
Tupperware containers
Nothing greater than furious
forks
scraping passive plates
aspiring to a feast that, but for
chain-link teeth
We would have otherwise savored.
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