One Way Out

Let’s put it this way: Oasis
Church of All Nations, man
on a bug collection, pick six66
pack problem solver, kudzu
client permanente… so young
and Xtraordinary bitchiness.

Oh, Christian world, oh dumping
place for old dishwashers, what
was once the greatest threat,
this institution or leftovers, your
confidence on girls, I do it
alone, or marriage gone bad
and other vine-like organisms?

Oh, undisputed master of the run-on
sentence and checking Facebook
every five or ten minutes, is it better
to be smart or get good grades? I am
floaty fuzzy cute & creepy crawly...
                            going nowhere.

You're an old mobile home &
above-ground swimming pool,
a Jeep with large tires, a wooden
deck and outdoor toys strewn about
the yard, a grill & two dogs tied up.
I have a million years of unpaid rent
to reckon with, and I’m not telling.

Bus loads of children I used to know.
Every morning with nothing to do.
I read the worldwide internet and
put my head in my hands, with Jesus Christ
on the side of my pink eraser. I am
floaty fuzzy cute & creepy crawly...
                            going nowhere.