bayboats purse seine whey
journey yearlong gay
laddy inured dry up
haughty yachty yea
mildred mayhem dewlap
naughty jaunty jay
sons caught in car capers
haughty yachty yea
vicar baking in butterfat
orphan boy screwed in larder
bluejay frollic jane
and a haughty yachty yea
bombs in bay bombard
dickson singsick cockpit
french chicks s’envoient en l'air*
oh a haughty yachty yea
idols jailed in temples
choked in garlandy incense
priestly eyedance pose
yes a haughty yachty yea
masons’ mildewy masters
with compass stone and pilasters
plan solomon’s might on earth
yea sing haughty yachty yea
royal houses love in stables
lords and ladies love in regalia
loving ones love in limbo
cry haughty yachty yea
dote on damsels in december
hey yachty haughty yea
make them deliver in september
ho yickety yackety yea eh
* "s'envoient en l'air": French, literally, for "throwing legs up in the air"; in France - guess, if you can - this phrase means: ???
©T.Wignesan - Paris, May 4, 1997
[from the collection : longhand notes: a binding of poems. Paris: 1999]
The Heart Attack Grill
By Elton Camp
(Incredibly, all of this is true.)
Deceptive advertising nobody can claim
Take a look at this Las Vegas café’s name
Sign at the door gives customers warning fair
That it’s bad for your health to eat in there
Fake medical titles are given employees of the place
Servers are “nurses” & “doctor” the owner does embrace
On a conspicuous sign put out for everyone to see
People who weight over 350 pounds eat there free
Two customers have had attack while eating there
Which isn’t surprising if you consider the café’s fare
Flatliner fries, bypass burgers and butterfat milkshake
Are among the very unhealthy choices diners can make
The restaurant has been in operation now for seven years
Death of its 600-pound spokesman should’ve raised fears
In two months, two customers have collapsed while eating
Perhaps they didn’t believe the warning sign’s greeting
The grill’s spokesman died when he was just twenty-nine
The two customers survived and didn’t really flatline
As a spot to eat, Heart Attack Grill I don’t highly rate
To be eating there might seem like one is tempting fate
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