Penelope Baker
A fervent Christian
and accomplished
drug mule
Penny packed in
Demmies
Horse
Crank
Ludes
Coke
Hug Drug
Hash
O’bombs
Georgia Home Boy
Gym Candy
And
Blue Meanies
Never one mishap; unmitigated success
Dying on November 1, 1998
at age 83
Last words being:
‘a bitch gotta eat.’
The Humanitarian
Two hours out of jail
And two before the end
He arrived at Thanksgiving
Dinner with
Bedsheet cape and
Magic marker ‘H’ and
Plague of ghosts
I am here to save
The lonely ladies of this world
And the next!
We passed the port
He groused about its
quality
He flew
static mantra static
Turn on TV
Flip to snow
Squint
[Intone fortissimo with clear pronunciation]
Yumayg mizik
Yupea zhochit
Yumayg mizik
Yupea zhochit
Yumayg mizik
Yupea zhochit
[…]
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About the artist
Stephen Bales is a poet in professor living in College Station, Texas with his wife, kid, two dogs, three cats, and tarantula. He has a poem forthcoming at Poetry Online.
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