after his kids were
trampled by digerati
he stopped reading Wired
though they were siblings
their sub rosa love affair
made their parents proud
my carny contract
which I thought was sacrosanct
turned out not to be
hale and full of pep
we sprung from the hospital
with morphine to sell
Richie, best known as
a paladin of Denny’s
gets in lots of fights
Sarge earned our respect
with his combat carapace
made of children’s teeth
the Tmesis Titan’s
archenemy Compound Creep
secretly loved him
when did you become
such a voluptuary
to scorn Top Ramen?
my sylvan retreat
was rudely interrupted
by the Oakland A’s
a ranting hobo
logorrheic by nature
yearned for a hatchet
your Pulitzer Prize
is less appealing than your
craps table panache
the wedding was stopped
when Fido redivivus
devoured the bridegroom
the neighbors dislike
Warren’s proclivity for
bathing alfresco