CXII
Lady Bouncers
Lady Brioche ate herself to deathare sure-shot accountants
Producing a set of candle holderseat the sister’s clean shoes
But wasn’t it the end of all dayson the edge. Bullets strung across their bosoms
Under Lady Nell’s labiahad never witnessed childbirth
O poet anesthesiologist, in myin my family
Favorite arboretum a lawn chairjudge of the sandbox, never paying rent
Tumbles and a wolf in hiking shortsone month’s rent among char-broiled millions
Unlit, culling Laramie’s uncertainNah. I jam frequently
Ate the bear, ate all the bedsheetsblah blah blah. A lightning bug reads a little magazine
We offered a tour of the towerslike two bouncers on
Detained by the arid sweatshop andDaffy Duck’s soft red lips.
Wand. Ventricle. Man-eatingday. Is the bullshit on Oprah broadcast round the world?
O Mort, con artist on the verge of becoming tooSorry, the mountain’s closed. On a tray
On the myrtles, insectstea, the black cypresses, the president?