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The Unhappy Dog Poem

There is a dog who is
walked near my work.
Rotund, like a neck roll,
with tiny stubs for legs.
Surely the existence of
such an animal goes
against all laws of nature.
Surely this is an abomination
in the eyes of god.
Surely, I hear Darwin spinning
in his grave, some genetic roulette
wheel, that’s been rigged. cheaters.
I am utterly repulsed by this
anomaly, until I look up,
and see its owner.
Who is much worse.

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Random Unjustified Social Justice

“Until Rayray screams down Main in his Lexus and hops the curb, taking out the wobbly table, one Catholic school girl and the kalidescope watch in one shot.”

Somewhere on Main Street there is a man sitting outside a coffee shop watching young girls walk by in clingy knee highs and gleaming buckled shoes and pressed plaid skirts. Something trendy plays over the outdoor speakers and the hunter green wrought iron table is wobbly. The jewels on the man’s watch catch a ray of light and spin a kalidescope onto the sidewalk. He steadies his latte or mocha or espresso or italian soda and grins. The missus is in Boca for the week and the boys are down the shore with the nanny. The babysitter stayed late last night, but the overtime was well worth it.

Life is good.

Until Rayray screams down Main in his Lexus and hops the curb, taking out the wobbly table, one Catholic school girl and the kalidescope watch in one shot. Rayray loses his lunch when the airbag hits and the squirm of anchovies against his mug make him puke a second time.The smell reminds him of dinner with his wife last night and her stupid story about the faces on Mars and some men’s club called the Illuminati. He’s too drunk to fight the big white bean bag, so he just flails a little and slowly chokes to death on his caesar salad. His last thoughts before he walks into oblivion are of singing lollipops and screaming worms.”

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