Ramona Argo


I lived in a _

from 1969 till now

It was cool to say the least

(It was cool to say the least)


Man, I've sat

hands folded, chillin'

in a ziplock bag like a lump of mud.

Everyone else was picked out

peeled and fried and ******

everyone else

died, in the mouths of their

lovers, or perhaps it was rapists,

the bedroom, the kitchen --

I see no difference from where I am a-sittin'.


Oh, the _,

oh, my

real-life satire-of-society

you make me want to be eaten

but you make being eaten so

much like death in the eye.

and I

don't know.


Why.


I like to believe

I am more than a sack of goo to be tossed down the throat

I pretend to breathe

like the _

I fist-banged on that hard as wood center

between my ******* like a man-gorilla

I was told that's where my heart lives

all cozy-sweet in my chest, oozing out love fresh

like vanilla, but losin' flavor

every second, every day

(every second of every day)


Why does it feel so far away?

Why does everything I want to know

feel far away?

Everything I want is in a *** boiling.

Everything I want is in a ***

boiling two houses away.

Everything I want is inside someone else's mouth.

Won't you wait for me. Give my

pouch a squeeze. I'm spoiling. I'm

only

runnin' on borrowed air, the electricity

of the _

is the only thing that holds me, and it is always

chilly.


Yes, I want pity. And what's worse, I want it

however you'll have me.

But first.

I wanna stick my finger through

right into my heart blood

And break off a piece to

chew before anyone else does


It would be cool to say the least

(It would be cool to say the least)


I lived in a _ anyhow because

when I was 13 I looked in the mirror

and straight-dead knew

my place in the _

cheeks wrapped in plastic sheets

body-fat wired in lingerie like ham to-go

served hot on Thanksgiving Day tablecloth lace

(Watch half the male population get out their knives

and pour gravy

all over my baked face)


I understand there's some new age

concern that I'll just

waste in the

_

but man, I am a product and I am made

to be consumed

and the _

has been the only one there

to keep me.


And if it's a ****-box, I owe it my life then

in the name of my country, the economy,

and world peace, here I am.

Late 30's, about to expire in the _

Everything I want is fuzzy and far, always

two houses away

Everything I want reaches its hand to the thing sitting next to me.

Everything I shared hopes with has succumbed to mold

I figured I would help society by making room

and be the one to slay the beast

(Drop your conviction and join the feast.)


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