by Jerry Ratch
That sort of says it all, doesn't it?
The skirmish for truth must be fought early in the morning.
Lies happen later in the day.
Big lies occur in the night.
And this belongs directly on the surface of time as well:
Alleged shoplifter arrested with live lobsters in shorts.
Woman injured by farting cat.
More alleged victims of botched buttocks surgery emerge.
But I remember having a beer once, and feeling like a minor god.
I remember going to one restaurant where they had a strange dish on the menu
called “Beef Librarian.” It wasn't tough, it wasn't tasty, and it didn't look
that good, but it was supposed to be very nutritious.
I know in some lie you told your life began making sense.
And I know the mind likes logic,
but the heart really does love chaos.
I just hope flies land on the butter of your soul
and become butterflies.
I hope up to 8 hoboes attend your funeral.
I hope all religions will grow up and get a job.
But oh, the way that barista looked at that girl
wearing no bra, with this fine line between
lust and hate, then looked
abruptly away, but then took
yet another smoldering glance.
Ooh. Ouch!
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Short story as a poem.
The poem more than lives up to its title. *
"And I know the mind likes logic,
but the heart really does love chaos."
One of many quotable snippets. *
No logic just reactions over time.
*You have the human comedy in this, Jerry.
Fresh, funny, loopy-wonderful! And ouch-biting-life-truth along with the salvific laughter--& lust, too, of course. A fine narrative construction. Would die to have written: "I just hope flies land on the butter of your soul/and become butterflies." Much else as well.
"the butter of your soul..."*