CARICATURES OF MY REALITY Oh, what a terrible calamity That we should perish In such splendid surroundings. Fish-deep in a pond of our obscurity I find redemption From a pock-marked priest of salvation Who draws caricatures of God's creations For the local artist's guild Which sells them at gilded auctions. The stew served to me tonight At the four-star soup kitchen Needed a touch of salt And an entirely new recipe. I hold a carrot-top grasp of all this, As i uproot all the fields around me. Insinuated punishments And park ranger banishments Convince me to the truths Held in this 350mL cup I hold with one hand As my doctor prescribed me To loosen my bladder And give him a dose Of my reality. copyright © 1994 Matte Elsbernd |
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