Bobby Bandwidth In Dogs Humping Act 2
both sides use conscience for a hook
it's a con artist's suitcase
fill your cup in the Ocean of Tears
there's enough of everything in there
toasters glowing blenders humming
dogs humping on lawns across the land
in a cloying oppressive sweetness
that could diverge and go anywhere
Club Med’s Oracle Island for example
blind sibyls eyelids fluttering
hissing spitting twitching babbling
it was the wisdom of the ages incarnate
but Bobby was miles from all this
making that fox up a tree deduction
consumed by the dread of discovering
at death that his life was an in-flight movie
only with less captivity and more wandering
unsure of coming up with an airtight alibi
he mobilized his only shield
the lid off the dustbin of history
held against his approaching doom
they give you anything you want at first
the customer can do no wrong
then the high pressure hose
and subsequent foxhole autopsy
great 3 color graphics
they even have a screen saver
yet fate had a trick up her butt
plucky Lemona it suddenly turns out
as the machinery of Zeus grinds us skyward
has been a spy for the forces of ambivalence
disguised as a bushwhacking retromaniac
gone undercover and surfing the channels
that were woven into the Swami's beard
from the first instant that she knew
the Eel King was a candle lit hallucination
as well as a groping spiritual vagrant
don't you mess with Bobby Eel daddy
it was Lemona and her retinal retinue
of petulant maidens on a magic carpet
Jacobins in Mr. Roger's neighborhood
with its habitual hypocrites and tired liars
a decreasingly sentient society
caravans of slaves needing theater
with which to compare and gauge their pain
the boardroom's feral chessmen
puking up last night's takeover
I mean takeout again
uh oh I'm getting calm down messages
from my fiance Lemona Oblongata
so I can't even feel exalted at last
I've been inoculated against everything except
the Eel King's daughter
Copyright © Walter Alter | Year Posted 2022
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