Naomi, I Moan
by Ray Manatino 

Monday, Apr. 1, 2002
A slut nixes sex in Tulsa --
"Sex at noon taxes."
Evil I did dwell, lewd did I live,
Pull up if I pull up!
Dammit, I'm mad!
Dennis and Edna sinned!
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
Don't nod,
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.

Reviled did I live, said I, as evil I did deliver --
Lived on Decaf, faced no Devil --
Murder for a jar of red rum.
Red rum, sir, is murder!
I'm, alas, a salami…
Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard…
Do geese see god?
We panic in a pew.

Niagara, O roar again.

Dammit, I'm mad!

"Naomi," I moan...

Bummer
Silent ducks are deafening, Kansas in the crapper. Can you burn an effigy while plugging in the clapper?

Have You Ever Loved?
Have you ever loved, like the whistling wind of a barn swallow’s nostril-hole? Have you ever lived, like a merchant prince on quiche and curry dumplings? I think not.