By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 9 December 1999

Playing to Win

   M&M prophecies
   sodium delusions
   IS THAT YOU I SEE
   FLOATING IN MY
       SOUP?
    no
    oh no
    I'm losing it
       for sure
 the cure could be
     you
 unless you're the
    disease
 and that has yet
    to be
    determined

yesterday I stole
  the sacred quartz crystals
  from the Ark
and hid them
in the perfumed depths
of my underwear drawer
  in hopes of intensifying
my faltering bowling game

spare me
I think you should
save me for last
don't knock me down
until you're playing
to win.