I . . . try to be artful . . .
whenever entering a new piece . . .
I dont want to appeal immediately to the lowest common denominator as media does:
If it bleeds it leads
or its familiar POP!
moneymakers those brilliant pearlescent
maggots of Reality TV
(for full disclosure: except
for occasional college and professional football games -
the
Stanley Cup play-offs -- I havent watch broadcast satellite or cable
television in years)
I suppose this “entry” isnt too
inelegant
theres no need of Mercedes–Benz foreplay
so as is Our . . . what shall I call it: habit too lackadaisical . . . our bent . . . style
. . . what have you . . .
Ours is my pic and I we adore taking walking-discussions . . .
arguments . . . alignments . . . free-for-alls on topics that happen to crowd
our endless and at times butting curiosities
shes my pic
Im hers
its a selfassessed acronym for partner-in-crime
together people tend to recognize us as separate from
the rest of the herd and unless we walk
past reflective plateglass storefronts and happen to cast an errant eye on its
mirror we rarely see ourselves through
the lens of others eyes
their perceptions of us frankly
are of no matter
they neither pique our curiosity
or intrigue us
we are simply who we are
there
is no notoriety
this afternoon we decided to
spend our walking-talking on the Bob Jones Trail
as I said -- not
sexy --
no POP!
we followed its historic trail
into the seaside community of Avila California
the trail runs on a berm that
was excavated in 1873 for a narrow-gauge wagonway which was drawn by six horses
the horses were replaced three years later by a small steam locomotive
it runs beside the freshwater
San Luis Creek where steelhead trout
hopeful can traffic in either direction for spawning
we conversed
I had been stymied by what I
thought truly existed
it wasnt necessarily an acronym I was searching for -- I
am not fond of them despite our pic
-- but I imagined there must exist
a short derivative of it
as I repeatedly tripped over
myself my pic said -- Its called female genital mutilation
-- Yes I
know that I imagined somehow
here in America there was
something catchy or flippant which alluded to it There is a lack of social engagement here over
this torture
and ruinous butchery
-- Ah Better
be careful Some believe circumcision is
barbaric
-- Circumcision I can address Ive been circumcised But I dont remember So if it is as horrific
a mutilation . . . why no memory
-- Perhaps youve erased it from your memory
-- Or my
tableau upon emerging was so scribbled upon there wasnt worthwhile room
remaining
-- Youre so full of shit thatswhyIlovesyou
-- Quit trying to change the subject
thankyouverymuchIlovesyoutoo However female
genital mutilation has too many syllables It doesnt rhyme Or have music in it
I might suggest shebob
after the notorious hebob
committed on Bobbit
-- You dont think it borders too closely or
insensitively to sheshkabob
-- Sheshkabob
Clever grrl Of course it does thats
why I chose it One can easily flash imagine raw hunks of flesh shebobs or hebobs skewered between colorful vegetables roasting
over
hot coals
Theres no telling the things
that will past between us on any given day
Were a pair of priceless pics
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