By the guppy
Date: 7 June 2000

here's mud in your i

ding dong
the sing song silliness of the song sung blues makes me feel
revolted
ask travolta
no, don't
dude can't relate
and i don't have the patience to compensate
insurance
lend me a dollar
take me to the ball, doll
i'll fake the fall
i'll shake loose the roots
of the tallest tree
with the tightest noose
wave goodbye as your caboose strolls clearly away
bake some muffins
wonder if the oven calls
or if your waterfalls could break me in
to this newfound lovin
fast and futile
dark and docile
this crocodile has walked a few miles in manskin shoes
i know the choice
but it's yours to choose
beg me not for advertising
break me not for the fury of the fake
there's nothing you can take
that can place your name
or stake this claim
that my giving couldn't shake
i'm furious with a calm smile
i'm pent up in curiosity's stall
no more vroom vroom ecstasy
whiplash in an outlet mall
don't place me in your race for the head of the table
and don't go lookin
when i insist that i'm cookin up a new plan
to meet the man at the back of the stable
i might be able
i'm well
praytell, how can you know?
because you saw me at the chariot race
soot-faced and determined?
here's mud in your i
here's a toast to the tone deaf
who chose the design on my guilded platter
and never even cared whether my preference for butter mattered
and here's an orchid
a bit of braille
lend me your hand
lend me your lips
lend me your temple
i'll keep it simple and sweet
like you're used to
i'll take you on a familiar field trip
to a comfort zone
you've never known
but you've read about it a million times
t.s. elliot and busta rhymes
margaret thatcher and richard simmons
george carlin and mother theresa
rest her soul
i sign my love letters
over and out
with a holy symbol
i believe in above all else
no doubt
every conceived emotion belched out of the human form
has kept me warm at one time or another
nothin fuels like love
nothin feels like love
nothin leaks more flammable or frightening than love
and you'd best believe that, brother
not that fear should alter your ego
or dampen your libido for one foul second
i severely doubt that when the wheel is spun out
and the next set of pale blue eyes
silences your cries
you'll even hold valid the last time it happened
even december skies turn bright sometimes
forget what you've learned
i've burned too many bridges
itched too many unreachable scratches
thinkin it would help
it doesn't
it just reminds me that i'm a whelp
a pup
someday when my moxy is shining
and my divine is divining
i'll crack my whip and skip out of my placental swimming pool
and allow myself to drool floorwise over a feminine form of heaven
again
tis my place to put passion in it's own
and welcome you when you prove me wrong

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