Tuesday, August 19, 2014

poem of the day 08.19.14


fag-itis

his voice is almost female
it booms through the 59th 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.

                                                           

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