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his parents slept together for sixtyseven years

he hadnt slept with himself near that yet

imagine

they made a vow

cinched it with the words I do

people can point all they want at their marriage licensethe legal contract

but their words mattered more 


words matter more than people think

it is a shame that when they speak they are not more careful using them

for once they are out of ones mouth 
                                    thats it 
there is no taking them back

no apology can erase words spoken

no I misspoke

or a craven attempt to gaslight 
                                No  You misunderstood what I meant 

Horton the Elephant

a favourite book written by Dr Seuss

I meant what I said, and said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful, one hundred percent!

maybe elephants are smarter than people

octopi are

imagine 
           imagine being beyond being fallacious lying does not occur to them  the truth is not inconvenient 


imagine 

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reptilian    reptile 
                       not the kind of thing yawan crawlin through yer brain    is it


he could thinkcould imagine things he preferred

things that might be more attentive to his walnut

not cravenly shredding it because it picked up an odd scent 
                                                              creatures respond to scent
theyre curious   titillated hungry 
                                   theyre provoked


    think
                when the last time was you were  provoked    by a scent 
                                                                                 the last time
reptiles are

mammals are

fuckin fish a shark can smell a drop of blood in the sea 
                                                           humans smell blood  theyre repulsed 


wellfuck maybe he wasnt human after all  he caught all sorts of whiffs

his nose never straightened out after a year at sea

a thousand miles out he and the crew smelled land

it hung in the salt air for nearly a half minute

then it was gone

gone as it came 


like it never was

but no one couldve convinced a muthafucker aboard they didnt smell wha they did

 

that was his pitch

Yawanna mongoose or a lizard crawlin through your shit 
                                                                           Or me

he carved himself out as an alternative 
                                          the way he said it   he was THE attractive alternative

he looked them in the eye

alternative confirmed 
                         couldnt help but giggle You da man You da man

 

their error was they let him set the comparison

Never nevernever   never let someone set your table Thats yer job  

Otherwise theyre tellin ya whas up down left right inside out outside in whas black whas white

Keep yer shit

Theres plenty of creeps happyecstatic willing to tellya wha to do

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