Dino Liberty
—Visual by Robert Fleming
—Poetry by Robert Fleming, Lewes, DE
—Photos of Chamberpots
Courtesy of Public Domain
slave-VUS
the arby’s sign reads drive-through only
the drive-through speaker does not encode my voice
my sledgehammer still breaks the drive-through menu glass
the drive-through window server is on break but is still paid
customer queues are queuing
the CVS pharmacy is closed 12:30-1 pm for lunch break
am i a customer?
i am un-served
still want to give you my dollars
but the 28-inch silver and white lava lamp is still out of stock and
the new balance 858 8.5 EE wide cross-trainer-shoes are still in shortage
Webster proposed to redefine service wish but
the committee meeting did not meet
the arby’s sign reads drive-through only
the drive-through speaker does not encode my voice
my sledgehammer still breaks the drive-through menu glass
the drive-through window server is on break but is still paid
customer queues are queuing
the CVS pharmacy is closed 12:30-1 pm for lunch break
am i a customer?
i am un-served
still want to give you my dollars
but the 28-inch silver and white lava lamp is still out of stock and
the new balance 858 8.5 EE wide cross-trainer-shoes are still in shortage
Webster proposed to redefine service wish but
the committee meeting did not meet
RECIPE 4 MURDER
pick a Motive
pick a Modus Operandi
pick a Murderer
pick a Victim
pick a Weapon
pick a Place
pick a Time
Murder Picked
HOUSING FUTURES
why should only Oscar the grouch live in a trash can?
soon every-human can live in a trash can
trash can condominiums coming
no-more trash out of the house
live with trash
you are trash
getting on the gurney in Boston Mass General Hospital
no! I’ll step-up myself // it’s not orderly
DENIAL #1
blue belt strapped-in
no lock unstrapped ha ha
race the wheel-chairs to the OR
DENIAL #2
hospital 1-big no-fun zone
grant me a last jack-off
DENIAL #3
anastez …
when is a blue bowl more than a blue bowl?
it’s not the grail it’s my yellow chamber pot
as i am over 50 the urgency 2 live
is less
the urgency 2 pee
is more
everything is more frequent
but infrequent
some body parts r smaller
some larger
smaller prostate
larger belly
a grey pill maxes my flow
to abstain
during sleep
as i still dream
i flow thru
a stream of yellow trees
to a clear drying stream
where i, i return
2 pee
b 4 urologist appointment
____________________
Today’s LittleNip:
cotton 4 breakfast
polyester 4 lunch
moth balls 4 dinner
—Robert Fleming
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Robert Fleming lives in Lewes, DE. Published in United States, Canada, and Australia. Member of the Rehoboth Beach, Eastern Shore, and Horror Writer’s Association. 2022 winner of San Gabriel Valley CA broadside-1 poem, 2021 winner of Best of Mad Swirl poetry and nominated for Pushcart Prize by Ethel Zine and FailBetter and double nominated for best of the net by Devil’s Party Press. Follow Robert at www.facebook.com/robert.fleming.5030/.
Welcome to the Kitchen, Robert, and don’t be a stranger!
Note: On yesterday’s post of Tom Goff’s poetry, I neglected to mention that, in Tom’s words, these poems are “all but one on the identity of ‘Shakespeare’ (Edward de Vere) and what he tells us in plays and poems.” Thanks for the clarification, Tom.
____________________
—Medusa
it’s not the grail it’s my yellow chamber pot
as i am over 50 the urgency 2 live
is less
the urgency 2 pee
is more
everything is more frequent
but infrequent
some body parts r smaller
some larger
smaller prostate
larger belly
a grey pill maxes my flow
to abstain
during sleep
as i still dream
i flow thru
a stream of yellow trees
to a clear drying stream
where i, i return
2 pee
b 4 urologist appointment
____________________
Today’s LittleNip:
cotton 4 breakfast
polyester 4 lunch
moth balls 4 dinner
—Robert Fleming
____________________
Robert Fleming lives in Lewes, DE. Published in United States, Canada, and Australia. Member of the Rehoboth Beach, Eastern Shore, and Horror Writer’s Association. 2022 winner of San Gabriel Valley CA broadside-1 poem, 2021 winner of Best of Mad Swirl poetry and nominated for Pushcart Prize by Ethel Zine and FailBetter and double nominated for best of the net by Devil’s Party Press. Follow Robert at www.facebook.com/robert.fleming.5030/.
Welcome to the Kitchen, Robert, and don’t be a stranger!
Note: On yesterday’s post of Tom Goff’s poetry, I neglected to mention that, in Tom’s words, these poems are “all but one on the identity of ‘Shakespeare’ (Edward de Vere) and what he tells us in plays and poems.” Thanks for the clarification, Tom.
____________________
—Medusa
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Northern California and otherwheres,
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Photos in this column can be enlarged by
clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
in the top right corner to come back to Medusa.
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
All you have to do is send poetry and/or
photos and artwork to
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work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
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