Kiss the Snake

my meme replacement therapy

is going quite well Dr. Nil just told me

because I can't handle everything thrown at me

everything is a lot and GIGO to boot

the fibrous growth in my ear

said that the future signals us in some way

maybe coded glances wink wink

but we're not sure of the spelling

a real spectacle of setbacks

a bleeding archaeological phantom

engineered to manipulate

moving my pen in gleeful jerks

with a genteel appetite for mayhem

which is why I am now sharing

the secret of life with you

ready

mind is derivative

well that's it

looks like I've blown my cover

if this sounds like propaganda then it is

now to get on to the meatier part

first a matter of indexing

last a matter of indexing

buzzards circle my guardian bottle of muscatel

and a couple of robins too

a tempestuous tune in a teapot

from follow the bouncing ball

to Rocky Horror Show

occult syntax as a 2nd language

and that was the last surface

his wiggly digits ever palpated

because the sages lie through their teeth

but have good circulation and a ruddy face

with long lists of abjurations as usual

one of them spoke just now

sending me in to negotiate

because I have a snake pit for a soul

on further reflection it turns out

I have many souls

most of them severe critics

several are wind up toys

academic or practical you decide

existence is both diagrammatic

and ready to throw a punch

in an ancient tangle of inconsequentials

well perplexity is the root of all humor

how is it that some ideas

are interpreted by other ideas for example

but whatever you end up doing

we know too much

to be stupid any longer

From "Pageant of Naked Mischief" available on Amazon