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Brett Underwood
I WISH HE COULD FLY
Bob’s down for affliction.
Maybe have a wank
with a wallabee
or not.
It’s a thought.
Able to help with mental
yoga and flossing
and the affectations
of lots and lots.
We have rats, unfortunately.
Man, I wish he could fly.
Why let cost be a concern?
Real good at being a gofer
and smashing
your television minds
and granny’s twat
is made of silly putty.
She knows it’s funny.
Man, I wish he could fly.
After a nap in the sand
it becomes apparent
they’re not so happy.
They can hardly count
that they’re leaving the band
to move on to a new relation
with something like Syd
in the outback.
But, not gonna ride the gravy train
and know that someday
they’re gonna say that they miss
the buffet at the anarchist cafe
and the urgency in the photographer’s
eye on the morning
after a radio show broke
the little toes of a mind.
Man, I wish he could fly.
Bill punched fries today and the biceps
are happywhappy, Pappy.
Almost suspicious
to better check under the sea
turning into a cartoon
version of themselves.
Why let cost be a concern?
Thinking before speaking
more like saying
“I don’t know.”
She escaped outside so she
can smell where she’s supposed
to be, thanks to the college
wrestling fans and lack of impetus
from humanity on a slab minus
the phone holder.
Befriending a fascist
only to put it in a blender
and make magic means
Belch & Felchslap reality, Folks!
Abort memory.
Why let cost be a concern?
Mommy might prefer Jazz
if you took the time to make a new world.
Do as I say, not as I do.
A sturdy little steamer
right now would save this show,
Duder.
When older, he did it silently,
said sharks Might Prefer Jazz
to Other Types of Music
or others well-suited for any adventure
in the night side-by-side who raids
with some rookie in spring training
for the growth of the bacteria
who can’t lay down a bunt
or fathom the hit-and-run
that causes botulism
immediately publicizes minivans
aren’t usually considered hipwack
whack but deemed
the highest in hierarchy rude
slang literally to defecate
while still wearing one’s clothing.
Why let cost be a concern?
Sally hopes the bosses need you
to pull over the DEATHSTAR
right now or else she’s going
to sell pants with us
for the first time in a pyramid
scheme on such a night.
Man, I wish he could fly.
That’s something of a stone
if for one fast one
and on a slippery slope
of who knows what’s right to drop off
so your rascal
doesn’t take a shot.
Why let cost be a concern?
(what is that?…tofu?)
Keep it coming!
I dun toldya wunce!!!
and then she’d cup
your balls,
say, “Love yourself.”
Well, so far, The Witcher is scoring fairly high
on the all-around “bonkers” scale
and it is only the third inning.
I DON’T NEED THE EXIT VELOCITY!!!
But, not gonna ride the gravy train
and he knows that some day
they’re gonna say that he’ll miss the buffet
at the anarchist cafe
and the urgency in the photographer’s eye
on the morning after a radio show.
Broke the little toes of twelve minds
per hour when he said on air,
“That’s right, come to St. Louis.
We will kill you!” with a smirk
unseen on the radio.
“Put on shoes and stumble towards
the stillborn mess of sad hens,”
she said. She giggled amongst her curtain.
Why let cost be a concern?
Man, I wish he could fly.
Gessa I gottatellyagain!!!!!
It’s sort of an art deco BARF
in exquisite form.
Why let cost be a concern?
See/do the kids virus genotype
infection proven to fuel six indicators
of brain performance:
focus, accuracy, memory, learning,
concentration, and reasoning; goes well
with your morning and their imagination.
Bring Oprah to be more effective?
She escaped outside so she can smell
where she’s supposed to be.
Park it on a slab minus the phone holder.
Hey, what’s your batting average?
Did you find Waldo?
qUEthion is the new verb:
lisp, “When does a door have a knob
orduzza knobonedadore?”
After a nap in the sand
it becomes apparent
we’re so happy
we can hardly count
that I’m leaving the band
to move on to a new relation
with something like Syd
in the outback.
Maybe have a wank with a wallabee
or not, but that is what and thanks.
Is it like a kangaroo mixed
with a simile?
And now to sports,
to the college wrestling fans
and lack of impetus from humanity,
we’ve got what it takes to put on my shoes
and walk towards the stillborn
mess of sad hens…
and I’ll dump Chilula all over them
dump them in a cauldron
of the efforts of the South American
slave trade cup-by-cup. You know: breakfast.
But, not gonna ride the gravy train
and you know that some day
you’re gonna say that you miss the buffet
at the anarchist cafe
and the urgency in the photographer’s eye
on the morning after his radio show
broke the little toes of your mind.
Man, I wish he could fly.
Brett Lars Underwood is a St. Louis bartender and promoter of happenings and mishaps. He is the author of MUSH (Spartan Press, 2018) and MUSHARONA (Kung Fu Treachery Press, 2020).