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I Am a Very Sensitive Man

i am a very sensitive man
live in the horror of restaurants
those with those long salad bars
the celery are mostly quiet
it is the tomatoes that moan the loudest
broccoli screams tempest across the room
carrots bear the misery best
exists in a shredded mess
Vidalia onions chorus with the red
survival that aromas sweetly
from table to table
watching lettuce and cabbage
disappear down the throats
above the silent ears
that cannot hear
the cries of death coming from
the now silent salad bar
i stare down at the steak
solely upon my plate and ruminate
do vegetarian humans taste
like chicken

   OKC   1/23

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Gary Radice

Date: 2/28/2023 12:05:00 AM

I laughed out loud at this Timothy. Much food for thought here that drives my mind into overdrive: "the celery are mostly quiet"..LOL! Im thinking is this a reference to them being the least popular or have they lost their crunch under the heat lamp?.. I think too much and too literally sometimes but that's just me. I digress. Your work is clever as is your approach to the themes you explore. ..Enjoyed.. Cheers - Gary

Timothy Ray
Date: 4/4/2023 4:37:00 AM

thank you Gary.....if we are honest.....true to ourselves....therein lurks darkness.....that grows fangs in the salad bar line.....herbivores of genocide

Timothy Ray

Date: 1/28/2023 5:03:00 AM

Wry humor is twisted and sarcastic, but generally quick. Wry humor is intelligent humor as it implies double meaning. Dry humor on the other hand relies totally on a calm delivery of funny things. In other words, if we were creating a hierarchy of humor, wry humor would be elevated slightly above dry humor.