indie life

              that was good for me, was it good for you? highness,
              the morning we share jiggles in, and out.--no calories,
              like sugar free jello. if there's a fIfe in the hole
              it must be hemorrhoids, since my heart bums for the world.
              at the angelica theater we catch a film, "lone star" (ouch),
              then it's off to "match" for a bite

              go home.
              even the homeless
              take messages
              from your neglected wife,
              all emergencies-
              like sudden fenderbenders
              of the runaway
              who calls her lover
              "daddy"

              it's not that I need this. ..what? charity work?
                         so many mansions in father's house,
                                    yet we end up
                            paying through the nose
                   for an extra playroom--
                        chinese wallpaper, algerion armoires,
                                                 the whole nine yards--
                                  only to discover we can't
                                           live there,
                                         that within
                                             the infinite dim-bulb
                                                  some apple-eyed
                                                        micro-space

               shuts us out

              we interrupt this program for an important message.
                              "life of the kangaroo"
               --originally scheduled for this time slot--
              will not air. instead we bring you the second coming

               in the final days you will say good-bye to my personae.
               we will love like animals.
               until then, "this is just a test.
               if this were a real emergency. .."

  
            damn it, just follow the instructions.
               fill in the blanks, multiple choice.
               whatever works, let's hop to it.
               but doesn't it all come down to true or false?
               and one carries the other in its pouch

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