Southpaw Jones

It’s Friday! I feel like writing some terrible office-based poetry that would make me gag if I hadn’t typed it myself.

Lava Lamp!
Glowing.
Growing?
Resting.
Nesting?
Festering like a sty in my mind’s eye.
What was once counter-culture
Is now my desk vulture.

Highlighter!
You break from opaque.
You don’t cross out words.
You make them better.
Every letter.
Brighter than before.
Made up like a whore.

Let me transfer you.
I can’t answer your question, MA’AM.
I swear we’re not running a SCAM.
I work to support my FAM.
Can I borrow that gavel, judge? BLAM.

White out.
Forgiving without question.
Covering my past.
Rendering my blemishes invisible.
Am I perfect?
Who can know?
I make mistakes
But they don’t show.
If I had a black 3-ring binder…
If I was in Junior High and angry…
If I wore a trench coat and had greasy hair…
If I was artistic…
I would use you
To
Make
A
Nice
Anarchy symbol on there.
An A for all to C.

Blech!

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.
Charles Caleb Colton

Vintage American Paperbacks




One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:

Listen up. I’m trying to lose weight by speaking softly. Researchers have found that whispering takes more energy than speaking at a normal volume. I’m watching the calories melt away thanks to my…

Highlight here for answer: [quiet diet]



Thursday, October 11th, 2007
8:00 PM
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