I've known booksellers (but not in that way, eww gross)
vicious with their jokes, their culture, their lack of tact
even if I laugh, with them, hanging out's no fun
kill me, their hang-ups, their humor far too morose
not that they get out, see sunlight, walk in the park
only in the shade, under an ash tree, in fact
wonders never cease, I find them reading, the sun
needles their pale skin, of European descent
boredom to describe, but what is the point, a mark
on the bridge, each nose, signifies their readership
or their spectacles, reading glasses, what a bore
kill me, somebody, they drink wine at such a clip
say, who can keep pace, they fall asleep, then they snore
even take offense at meatballs, not to frequent
literary types too frequently in person
like they like to hide inside a computer screen
exactly as if their imagination fit
really, really well hidden in fits that worsen
sitting there for hours, as if in meditation
burning with desire to write a novel, obscene
under some standards, why not go to a bar, sit
talk to anyone who frequents their bartender
nope, nose in a book, searching for ideas, nations
order nuclear first-strike capability
taunting their neighbors, but the bookseller won't know
if, by chance, they read the news, their facility
not to use the theme in a short story may grow
tremendously, if they can see past the splendor
(heaven knows, the end) of our annihilation
annihilation, five syllables, twelve letters
total destruction, wait let's go back to the bar
whiskey on the rocks, no neat, that's better, ration
amounts of liquid based on the flow of the crowd
yellow, too yellow to chat about what, sweaters
especially if the weather permits, bizarre
weather, Chicago, cold even in June, they wear
warm-up track outfits with brand names as if they're proud
give me a break, please, so bored with the USA
really, can I leave and never come back, the blues
obeys a blackguard, a scoundrel, a Hemingway
save the bookseller from wasting their lives, the news
sends word of missiles launched in East Asia, I swear
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