AMERICA

Imainary Garden With Real Toads--dVerse Poets Pub

Over at da Wally store
da peeps dey waddle in
an' den dey waddle out
an' dat just de employees
cuz everybody fat
in America
fatter den me big fat cat
in America

everybody eat good
in America
compare to where me come from
where many say: "Food? What is dat?"

in America me see dis guy on tv
he cram down seventy hot dogs
just to set some kind of record
yeah, me REALLY see dat

where me come from
dey would call dat obscene

but it okay in America
where all da fat cats be gettin' fatter
fatter den me big fat cat
in America

don't get me wrong, friend
me mean no disrespect
cuz you are da new normal
an' me just a skinny guy
who feel like he don't fit in

wish me had some meat
on me bones like dat
cuz den me could wear all black
an' turn me baseball cap around on me head

maybe if me stuffs down
seventy hot dogs
each an' every day

ugh...urrrrrrp...

'scuse me, friend
but me feelin' sick now 
sicker den me big fat cat
barfin' on da carpet
he say dat's what all da cool cats do
in America

VAGABOND

Imaginary Garden With Real Toads--dVerse Poets Pub

the only thing he can say for sure
the only thing the irrefutable evidence points to
is that she loves wandering
more than any person, place, or thing

and anyone who wishes to curry favor with her
must first scroll to read the terms and conditions 
and click on I accept before proceeding

it just goes with the territory
or province
where she may materialize
at any particular time

in between

she's a caged cat
pacing back and forth
back and forth
waiting

still
he's happy he gets to rock
her Gypsy soul on occasion
making sweet hot music together
(one ear invariably cocked
for the sound of distant drums)

long past remembering
what she's running to
or running from

soon she'll be coiled tightly again
ready to spring for glimmering stars
though they're only in her eyes

so near
yet so far away