God I need your face in mine

sneering like a cow unchained 

God I need your Wiffle bat
swinging from the depths of pain 

God why won't you look at me
devilstuck and mediocre 

God you never smiled on me
with your sky of Supersoakers 

God I need a caravan 
of penguins pecking at my feet 

God I need your ire right now;
my pad could use a little heat 

God you're trafficking my hips
and legs across the page 

God your feet are pizza-greased
and slipping off the stage 

God your tits are eagle beaks
your nostrils viper-fed 

God you kind of block my view
like tears a window-wiper shed 

God you smoggy pour of rum
whose teeth are dulled with rocks 

God you murdered all my crows
and threw away the lock 

God you spent my garnished wage
on scratch offs. What a prick. 

God you didn't sign the card
when my parakeet was sick 

God you're seltzer all shook up
and then defenestrated 

God you time-share in the clouds,
your spa is overrated

God your wig glows red then green
a festive phosphorescence 

God you play croquet with drunks
who all refuse your lessons 

God you poodle shucking peas
with your pallid canines 

God you lactate on my beard;
I no longer feel so leonine 

God you trunk of contraband
lined with elephant spit 

God you jingle like the change
my pocket cannot quit 

God I'll swim your lake of fire
blue flames dancing placid 

God I can't predict your moves
when we play chess on acid 

God you couldn't hold a tune
if it slapped you silly 

God you're hoarding all the prunes
in your apocalypse city


Richard Prins

Richard Prins is a lifelong New Yorker. Publications include Gulf Coast, jubilat, Ploughshares, and a "Notable" mention in Best American Essays 2014. Arrests include criminal trespass (Trump Tower), disorderly conduct (Trump International Hotel), resisting arrest (Republican National Convention), and incommoding the halls of Congress (United States Senate).

http://www.r-prins.com/
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i saw a whorl of crows descending here & took these notes