Of Human Bondage

Can you savor the ice cream base...

That gratifying pill...

That was shot from the depths of some catacomb

To arrive upon your windowsill?...

It's not everyday you'll taste it's delights...

One must pay their tithing and alms...

Do the Humanoid Shuffle,

And the Automaton Jig!...

In an incongruous tangle

Be the straight as arrow sprig

That arises without tell tale

Of the world's endemic flaws...

Your love extends like an olive branch

Without purpose...without cause...

Like the Count of Monte Cristo

One gets tarnished by the quest

In attempts to settle debts,

And even stabilize old books...

Don't let the deception drive you...

While the rest bank on their looks

Make a bee-line for the counters,

And the mass production trays...

Don a safety mask, and goggles!...

You'll be occupied all day!...

Beat yourself like a raw square peg,

As nervous red runs at top speeds

Down the walls of your gratuity

Into the gutters of the Beast...

Where the sounds of gnashing teeth, and the

Suckling from heaved bones

Become a backdrop aura that is aped,

And normalized to fit your home!...

Do the Humanoid Shuffle,

And the Automaton Jig!...

In an incongruous tangle

Be the straight as arrow sprig

That arises without tell tale

Of the world's endemic flaws...

Your love extends like an olive branch

Without purpose...without cause...

10/16/24

Bunny Villaire

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