Omaha Protocol

structure order
emulation border
flax fawn paper hat
permanent protection tan
lexicon languages spun
white gold
impasto life creation
contempt is really
the other person’s way
of saying that you have
little regard for them
which is true
she was dirty
if she were in my truck
i’d change her
she read my mind and said
“i think we can make that happen”
four liter engines are 3.9
fm 100 is 99.8
turtle doves are not turtles
larges are mediums
and vice versa
she picks up her date
from the bookstore shelf
a wedding dress made
by Nike
swans and ice cream cones
standing brain-frozen
and sticky-handed
in the grimy air
that is embarrassment
and Lohengren
goldfish are orange
they can’t hurt each other
with little mouths
nor can they sit on each other
everybody is floating
but rocks are the earth’s
dead bodies
a psycho does his laundry
during the day like everyone else
but uses more detergent
he takes his victim’s pants off
one leg at a time
running of the bulls
is a riot’s wake-up call
and the Tower of Pisa
isn’t leaning—
when i talk of dead soldiers
it’s not about beers
you can trust your friends
i haven’t found any yet
i guess i’m enlightened
i talc my balls like beignets
a war of words:
“fuck you!”
“fuck you!!”
“today there was no bureaucracy”
is an anti-rant
glow sticks bounce
in the night
and twist and turn
a dilated majorette
leading a blacklit
techno band
there is a god of wine
and he drinks with me
my belly is warm and purple
my lips look suffocated
and my tongue grows
in the lovemaking
ziggity zaggity side ways
to the front door

…lean
…vomit
…repeat

miserable punishment
shot glass glutton
can’t get the key right

…lean
…vomit
…repeat

dizzy double vision
stomach piston combustion
this is not my fucking house