poem of the day 08.19.14

fag-itis

his voice is almost female

it booms through the 59^th street station

ladies and gentlemen

this is just an announcement

this is to let you know that johnny svevo

is a fag

he has fag-itis

whatever you do stay away from johnny svevo

and sure enough there goes johnny

pouncing through the station

with his buzzcut and ironic t-shirt

followed by another little shaved nazi

with his hands clasped over his mouth for echo-effect

i repeat, johnny svevo has fag-itis

do not approach

and here i thought kids these days

were supposed to be more liberal of mind

good ol’  johnny takes a swing at his friend

for good measure

of course, he misses

johnny is the perennial charlie brown of his set

he’ll be the last one of his pals to taste pussy

his friend does his girl laugh and it echoes

up and down the station

as loudly as his warning about johnny’s fag-itis

people are kind of watching them

most are playing on their cellphones

but we’ve all been through this kind of torture

it’s such a rite of passage

then the voice comes again

high and giggly

ladies and gentlemen

this is just an announcement

this is to let you know that johnny svevo

is a fag

he has fag-itis

whatever you do stay away from johnny svevo

well, i guess we’ve all been warned

ebola and now this fag-itis business

then the two boys

run around the station

slap-boxing and laughing

some yells for them to shut up already

it’s another nice night in america

for as nice as nights in america can go.