PLEH!!!

Joe Rodgers


In a spree of excellence over the weekend
Mayet’s corduroy, one wale of a jacket
(its something we all crave)
silenced the stereotypes.
But doses higher than 15mg per day
(looks that cool girls will get in about a half a second)
should not be taken due to increased risk
of serious stomach and intestinal problems.

He had expanded his family’s vast business
As a distributor of coca-cola
Because real world problems
Need real world solutions.

His Mother, the ultimate Manhattainite hostess,
Without breaking stride or making eye contact,
Said to him “your fly is open” and
Continued on her way.
If the French can lie with a straight face
The British can pull your pants down.

Memories and anger resurface near middle age
(in sports its called controlling the clock)
but the timeline provided also changed
(or wasting you life getting to the next level of your career).

It is not the cold stare
You see looking at the pyramids
Because the love of conspiracy theories in Egypt
Has not been neglected.

It’s pocketbooks.

We can’t go on like this.

In the beginning there were magic buses
Sweet organza blouses,
Deceptively light teacup skirts,
A ball with an inflatable rubber sky.

How does he get through it? Carpe Diem-
A lurid example of failed genius.
They had swallowed a wasp
And don’t meet his conceptual dreams.

Nothing is sacred.

He soon found himself in shackles
On a predawn flight to rural Louisiana
Awaiting beer for the babe
Supporting education while on vacation.
It’s called gentrification.

All talk and no action
They deliver the same power.
But if they stand still long enough,
Curious minds,
They can see the face of time.