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Subj: [OmnipotentEulogy] Pork.
Date: 4/19/2000 9:24:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: dollphini@aol.com
To: Omnipotenteulogy@egroups.com
It's 7:49 and my mother is asleep on the couch. She left on the television:
Lifetime, a documentary about Olivia Newton John. I know she'll be upset
that she missed it. There are 5 packages of pork sausage in the freezer. 5
packages with 8 patties a piece. That's 40 patties. It's spring break and I
should be doing math, but the truth is that my armpits hurt. I've been
holding myself up a long time.
I take a drink of Coke and it hurts my teeth.
"You should drink water," my mother's voice nags at me from the sala.
She's still asleep. Last night I had a dream that Newt Gingrich stole my
car. He drove it off a cliff to teach me a lesson. Don't be gay! No one
would believe me.
The dog smacks her lips and looks at me. I wonder if she'd like a pork
sausage. Perhaps I could cook it on the George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling
Machine. Perhaps not. She'd like it raw, forget this suburban paradise.
I've become an overnight sorbet addict. I bought tye-dyed socks from a
girl with pink hair. Wax figures scare me.
I try to read the weekly newspaper. Paper culture. Ink customs. The
dog hops onto the bed and sits on it. She's looking for love: I push her
off. The poetry winners suck. I don't even read the short stories. (I'm
not any better.) Under each piece, they list name, age, profession. Jan
Grasmick, 53, Accountant. Amber Grasmick, 17, Student. Freckles Grasmick,
7, Dog. I think there must be something more. I should be studying for AP
exams.
I'm lazy. People should be happy I admit this weakness, but instead,
they're angry I don't change.
Joe says all gay people are vain. Joe says only gay men are vain. I
think gay men are flippant, extravagant. Joe says I'm only vain about my
lipgloss, and I'm femme anyway.
My toes are painted pink and no one notices.
I tango with the dog drop her and scream, "Why can't you be a cat." It's
not natural, to fall.
ham bone
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