Short Intercom Poems

“You deserve a kiss!”
she said to me, over
the intercom and Muzak
“So buy our product”
Ah! This consumer society
of which I am a part!...

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I must have dropped my unconscious mind
in the home & garden aisle yesterday

in a dream the intercom
crackles to life, tickling my ears
a familiar voice calls out

reminding me that I need
to water my houseplants soon...

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Believe me until now I have been calm,
if you stoke the flames I will react loud.
The slickness of my coconut lip balm
all over your neck will that be allowed?
No need to share this on an intercom,
I will not do this in a bustling crowd.
Disappearing I will have you sweating,
privacy please you’ll enjoy the petting....

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There it was loud on the intercom
“Please come to the office, Tom’
And just like a bad sitcom
They dropped the bomb
No discussion just a blunt axiom
Told to grab his pompom
And march off to Guam
To retrieve a precious rhomb
Tom was in quite a conundrum
So he went home and chanted Om


AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Posted on March 16, 2018...

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