Thursday, January 3, 2019

Revised poem: Cutting Loose




I lost the monster somewhere
in the South Bay
and not a moment too soon
>
he wanted to sell me a crate
of misogynist sauce
and a dozen boxes of
seasoned prejudice
insisting I try it first
>
no thank you, I said
what's the matter, snowflake? he taunted
are you scared of
the natural order of things?
>
he kept needling me,
repeating the same
nasty invocations, epithets,
jabs, gut punches
> 
I had no replies for him--
just walked away fast
>
turned on the evening news
and the lead story was about
someone beaten nearly to death
by a dozen people who consumed
the monster's free samples

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