My first name is a random set of numbers And letters and other alphanumerics That changes hourly forever My last name, a thousand vowels fading down A sinkhole to a susurrus Couldn't just be john doe or bingo My address, a made-up language written out In living glyphs lifted from demonic Literature and religious text Telephone uncovered by purveyors of the ouija Then checked against the cbgb Women's room graffiti My social a sudoku My age is obscure My in-case-of-emergency Is in the daisies chasing birds Employed by trillionaires With perfect teeth and pores And people who open doors For the people who open doors My medical history is a course at suny buffalo Charlatan psychiatry And troubleshooting undertow Nervous in the service still I'm burger meat and purple pills, "here" "thank you we'll call your name. " "sure you will"
Skipped lunch, I'm shrunk
You pack up all your manias You're sitting in the waiting room You're dreaming of arcadia You're feeling like a baby tooth Awaiting panacea Channeling your inner beowulf In purgatory just before you pay up To filet yourself and others In the name of help Coal on a conveyor belt Into ego death alone No telephone from gabriel I'm half a human combing Over home and garden stoned Gold chains over turtleneck Cigars over cologne A thousand shitty paintings Wrap around the wounded animal Woo him with the schubert He's a future human cannonball Little fuckers fighting Mother hiding in her hulu I'm climbing up the stucco Let's get to the seppuku, uh-oh That pretty penny turn The prickly into benji If you save up all your winnings Then you get to count your blessings I finally crunch the budget up And punch the button She called my name out And pushed me into an oven
The fuck, I'm shrunk
She says, "I'm not your enemy" I said, "that sounds like something That my enemy would say Instead of playing off the chemistry" She said, "you're being difficult" I said, "I'm being guarded You're a quarter mil in debt I get more guidance from my barber Look, I'm not good at this I grew up in a noogie-fest You built your walls up high Or say goodbye to all your cookie puss Here's one: every time my telephone buzzes I see images of hooded riders Setting fire to hundreds. " She said, "when you start getting All expressive and symbolic It's impossible to actualize An honest diagnostic. " I said, "when you start getting all exact And algebraic, I'm reminded it's a racket Not a rehabilitation", ok Agree to disagree as grown-ups From opposing clans Honoring the push and pull I should have called the scholomance Oh well, preservation is a doozie "will you be needing another appointment? " "absolutely" I'm shrunk