i desperately need to see an opera

i'm gagging

cursing the traffic lights 
catastrophic sweat

i need that sensation when i pull into a decadent parking space
and walk from the car to the ticket machine

three hours early and stuffing my face back in the car park with watery meat juices
stationing the confectionary in the right cavity  

memories of hot dogs and dr. robert greenberg
superb breakfasts and sparkling water

the lack of legroom in the upper circle 
ushers and their laser beams into the back of heads like Predator

as they take their bows and the curtain falls and the applause ends
i yell to my son, "get to the chopper!"
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