VERBAL ABUSE / Limp

Limp

(2 excerpts)


Dregs of the nimbus
A succulent
Drooling panic
On the stairs
"I was touched by something"
A hand grenade
In a darkened bathroom
An essay on degradation
You were the eye
I was the thumb
Shorebirds love roasted marshmellows
Rudolph loves Velma
It took two years to bury you
I cried that long

Above me is somebody's floor
I start out slowly and
then I stop I
Couldn't fit anymore
You know
I don't feel slow time on my chest
I caught the taboo fish
OILED AND FRIED
NOW THERE'S A BOWLING PIN AT MY
WINDOW! I'M SO FUCKING
SORRY . . .
I bite
I bite really hard
My only inner cheek
A scanty penance
For a dog on a dustpile
You see, I keep changing size
And the evening is coming
Lift me Plimpton

- Bob Limp (Bob Auclair)

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