Amuse
          theatre of cool action,
          how to behave 
when plans go funky
encroach upon dull flame lifestyle of repetition
split,
shit, faint, shatter 
I bet they've called a dozen times by know,
          they were kindly, but . . . 
I gotta get ready for the reading tonight, maybe some stuff from my manuscript
          like that "Abuse the Clerk" or "Portrait of a Good Citizen"
something that I can yell,
something a 24 hour caffeine binge will embrace.
Didn't I write something about not doing the dairy thing even though I have to explain what I've been up to? But do I have to explain this in the piece itself or should I just have a little disclaimer? Disclaimer, yeah:
                                        If I set your khakis on fire
                                        would you go away
                                        to the special clarity 
                                        of mediocre digital lifestyles
                                        where you compute the obvious
                                        in new and interesting ways
                                        Other words?
                                        Same shit, different mouth, but
to quote Cheap Trick,
                                        "Are we really the dream police?"
Fuck I hope not.