~I. Dead End Traffic~

02/16/2012

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~Quodlibet~
~The Hundred Bites~
~I~

~our communication stolen~
~prisoners & parents controlled by handheld devices~
~in the hands of schoolchildren & screws~
~what the hell you gonna do~amerikan family?~
~don’t ask me fat boy~
~you sold us out when the citizens voted you in~
~I didn’t have anything to do with that shit~


~I. Dead End Traffic~

~friday afternoon~
~it is a long drive home~
~woman on the telephone~
~dead animal in a pickup truck ~
~stiff legs pointing wrong way up~
~driven by an eater~
~of venison into the open~
~trapped at once~
~maybe she’s talking to her man~
~sure as hell can’t drive~
~that thing is stuck to her face~
~could be she’s trying to talk it off~
~ain’t no free rides~
~in a land of gypsies~

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~Quodlibet~{The Hundred Bites} II~

01/08/2012

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~Quodlibet~
~The Hundred Bites~
~II~
~Uncle Max was a quiet man~a family man~
~came to visit me when I was a hog farmer in Wyoming~
~spoke with him about my daughter~

~going to college in Colorado~
~word had it a Jewish boy she was dating~ 
~liked to smack her around~
~they’re coming to visit in a couple of weeks~
~don’t know if I can behave myself~
~I confessed to Uncle Max~
~those pigs’ll eat a man~he told me~
~say his legs are broken~they’ll kill him & eat him~
~Uncle Max scratched his chin~
~you have to crush the skull though~
~pigs can’t get their jaws around it~

~II.  Uncles & Ants~

~this city rises up~
~his wife~
~is asleep in the trunk~
~too many reasons to leave her~
~it swallows people whole~
~generations are lost~
~dinosaurs tripping on ants~
~where do the little people go~
~sometimes you just wanna run away~
~to live in the hills~
~make a pile of dirt~
~& crawl on inside~
~we can pretend we is white folks~
~we got a history of uncles~
~sisters hanging from trees~


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©artwork & words conceived by & property of
Tom (WordWulf) Sterner©
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~Quodlibet~{The Hundred Bites} I~

12/28/2011

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~Quodlibet~
~The Hundred Bites~

~I~
~our communication stolen~
  ~prisoners & parents controlled by handheld devices~
  ~in the hands of schoolchildren & screws~
  ~what the hell you gonna do~
~amerikan family?~don’t ask me fat boy~
  ~you sold us out when the citizens voted you in~
  ~I didn’t have anything to do with that shit~

~I. Dead End Traffic~

~friday afternoon~
  ~it is a long drive home~
  ~woman on the telephone~
  ~dead animal in a pickup truck ~
  ~stiff legs pointing wrong way up~
  ~driven by an eater~
  ~of venison into the open~
  ~trapped at once~
  ~maybe she’s talking to her man~
  ~sure as hell can’t drive~
  ~that thing is stuck to her face~
  ~could be she’s trying to talk it off~
  ~ain’t no free rides~
  ~in a land of gypsies

http://wordwulf.com
WordWulf
  Inquiries: tracy@traceliteraryagency.com
  & wordwulf@wordwulf.com
  ©artwork & words conceived by & property of
  Tom (WordWulf) Sterner©
Quodlibet was published by Howling Dog Press
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