don't blame me, i'm just the messenger

he stands up too straight
his shoes are too mellow
fight him, fight him!

leather-bound incantations necessities
of life will come to me will come to you
well come to the monkey house
don't leave yet--you haven't even seen the show!

break in these new seats
break into the venue
brick wall falling down enter through rubble
the wreckage is the show
and the show must go on
and we must now here
and we must

packing slip enclosed
the following address is a designated no-fly zone:
one microsoft way
"ein volk, ein reich, ein fuhrer"
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for all the dissidents in me I offer
pride; for all the anger and joy I
can feel I offer; for all.
sleep die care fun happy snuggle is
all I can think of at a time like this--
and that makes me wonder.

Samhain, I call out to you and wish
champagne on all my arch-enemies
in these times of crisis and decay--
crisis? What crisis?
Yours is no disgrace, m'love, for sometimes
these things happen.

And this is one of those strange times
when preconception matters more
and when fields of wheat run dry
with the taste of gin