Room 222A
Dingy institutional avocado brick
west wall of a square classroom,
fourteen rowed fluorescents look down
on sixteen teenagers in various states
of study, boredom, fear, love, sickness,
sharing, rhythm, preoccupation, fatigue,
laughter, bemusement, laziness, grooming,
composing, conversation, and percussion.
Tapping on a laminate desk equals
creation of a single future. One word
at a time, this arranged laboratory is
part of the great experiment, to see
if those sophisticated mammals will improve
the already perfect earth, or speed the need
for a cosmic rewrite.
Before We Died
the pictures came out
there was anger in the air
drivers sped a little faster
to get to their rectangular hideouts
hits to internet movies increased
but I think this has all caused me
to finally to see what porn really is
now when I get naked with someone
I wonder where are the hoods the wires
the dogs the digital cameras
to keep us from revealing
how ashamed we are to be just skin
in the kingdom made by something
other than man what was the creator
thinking is this why we're here
to hope to someday transcend
to something beyond this sphere
is it something to look forward to
something nonmaterial something
I cannot see something that won't
remind me of what beasts we are
will my spirit inside finally come out
party because of the release finally
coming and no fluid will be involved
and I will be happy to have moved
beyond body into something ethereal
incapable of exercising any control
over the creatures that remain chained
for a while to the damned globe of
learning what is really important
that religion and politics were all
just exercises in preparation for
the true existence the one that
follows this short test this brief hell
that teaches us words for thoughts
and what a shame it would be
if all locutions were here
to simply become dust or
possibly that is the intention
that this experiment does not
leave this planet maybe there is
a wisdom to this limited breathing
The Latest Headlines
Flies decide to start washing feelers
to eliminate diseases picked up from
roadkill.
Hermaphrodite sea cucumbers declare
themselves a disgrace to the planet.
Fish will no longer allow sex changes
to save species--goodbye cruel world!
Mice experiment on larger life forms
to promote tolerance.
Frogs plan to stop licking own skin
to get high.
Bird songs copyrighted to prevent
those not of their kind from
using their mating rituals.
Rabbits vow to become monogamous
--must control their soap opera lives
to curtail nose and tail twitching.
Cats and dogs unite to put an end
to unwanted pregnancies,
bite each other’s balls off.
Hyenas quell laughter--Earth
just isn't funny anymore.
Monkeys, in an effort to advance
their lot on the globe, promise
to limit acts of masturbation
and oral sex to once a month.
Lions abolish war against gazelles
--remarkable weight loss and
reduction in heart attacks reported
--grass tastes good!
Pandas proclaim there is only one God
--and it is in their own image.
Dolphins can dancing from
their swim routines--there's
too much art on this sphere.
Zebras paint themselves completely
black or white in an attempt
to head off horse prejudice.
Humans still displaying animal
characteristics when it comes to
territoriality, homophobia, and drug abuse.
Elephants remember when looks
did not matter.
Whales release double CD of ocean tunes,
believe they're as talented as Yes.
Trees sway to celebrate a billion years
of being hooked on sunlight.
Clouds know they're above it all.
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