flex
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
convex vexed concave
concave conned, caved
conned concave vexed conned cave
dwellers convexed in concave
fashion on cave walls and
catwalks
ninjas in the glitch
bedbugs in the stitch
yo momma is yo daddy
and yo daddy is a
saggy eyed basset hound bitch
we build magnificent
munificence municipalistic
roadies for toadies
even roachies have a
higher standard of
staying home to watch
friday night fights
in huts with flammable souls
flightless
gratitude is the opiate of the
nicaraguans
diamond studs in our very curbs
where are your stars your
sparkling galaxies to match our
gutters?
cubans may be purchased
in cigar stores owned by rooftop
koreans
cigar store indian
stoner stoics never speak
cubans restore '49 mercs while
hobo jokes sleep in burned out '63
corvairs eating gas station hot
dogs with coupons provided by
the ministry and rotgut provided
by cheap generosity
dontcha wish ya had a '63 corvair
to sleep in?
convex flexed caved
concave posed convex
vexed in mirrors
who's next?
if indians didn't wanna starve to
death they would move to places
where there is food
why can't they download the
app & have it delivered
on luminescence?
less is more
concave in the convex
where owls flex vex
what who sez goes
genetically modified cockroaches
busted outta the lab in bloomington
gang-raped billy's sister in the alley
pristine party officials say it was an
aberration and call for a ban on
alleys
what was she doing in the alley
anyway?
you can't hold cockroaches to
human standards they will make a
fine fighting force soon as we can
fit them with wings stingers and
monocles
don't forget to leave a croissant
sacrifice at your local
rectory to appease the roachie
gods
buddy can you spare a
soul this one's all dried out
it's double discount day in
loosey's lounge
furr fitting treatment for
volatilitarian candidates
zzzzzzt! goes the hood
what am i offered this fine
beastie
one for a municipality
three for a quahtah
planet
candy coated crickets on a stick are
offered at loosey's but there
is a grasshopper section for jews
at passover
it's a moneychanger's high holy day
it all tastes like chicken if you
microwave it just so
so don't strain at gnats junior and
don't play with your food
concave vexed flexed convex
who's next?
© John Kennan 5-23-21
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Submitted by rankstranger7 on May 24, 2021
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Scheme | abaacd eefge xhdgxxddd gddijd xxdkhxlxxxfim bddN odpgxd iddd dkfqxdfrogqcdxxed glmxidx xffbx xxdjrodcp dN k |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 2,192 |
Words | 390 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 9, 6, 13, 4, 6, 4, 17, 7, 5, 9, 2, 1 |
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