Thursday, August 31, 2017

no toasts and flowers


for mohammed and maria,
none for john and robert ,
or father tom and sister jane,
and never jennifer and kate.
and jethro and jamaica
will surely burn forever.

however there's a corner
of verona in every town
and an alley back
behind it where
clandestine lovers
make plans and promises

and fornicate
before the swords
and ugly words emerge
to scourge and vilify,

and test their courage
in the public eye
and the tulsa tongues
begin to deeply savor

all the juicy flavor of the stories
passed from phone to phone
about what a certain minister
has been doing with his brother's wife.

if that goes where it looks like it's going
i don't expect we'll be throwing any rice.

and by the way, i heard
that a salt and pepper couple
-if you know what I mean-
have been seen performing acts
that would make a porn queen blush

i have it on good authority
that every tuesday night
they go at it in a car
parked out behind that bar
on county road 18.

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