Saturday, August 01, 2020

mmmi

The King of Heartbreak City

Mister Burg
Clerk.  Missus

Because She
Simply Cannot

Read.  Mister
Approximately

Association and
his colleague,

the hardhearted
and mysterious

Mr. Every After-
noon.  Professor

Colleague, who
often learns to

live (approx-
imately here).

Missus Dis-
associate, at

tea, with Mr.
Every After-

noon, most
evenings.  At

just about
half past 1700,

shortly be-
fore eating,

Mister High
Above the

Pacific thinks
about eating.

He thinks of
each and every

restaurant in
Heartbreak

City, a cozy
flat, lush

jut of land
that spreads

in every
direction

from Mister
Annexed and

Mister Inc-
orporated’s

architecturally
au curaunt

castle,
which

sits high
above the

Pacific
Ocean at

cliff’s edge
(with ocean

view) of this
lush, flat

jut of
heartbroken

but gorgeous
land.  Mister

Actuality
is not even

a citizen
of the

annexed
and inc-

orporated
city of

discombob-
ulated heart-

break.  Bob
the Inter-

national
Treaty’s

back itches.
It drives him

bonkers.  The
host, Mister

Sommelier,
turns to Mister

Downturned
and Missus

Long Faces.
Mister Lobster,

who was married
by The Reverend

Year of Our Lord,
in the Year of Our

Lord Nineteen
Hundred and

Sixty-seven,
sits at the

cliff’s edge
alongside Mr.

Smug and Mrs.
Corner of

Mouth.  It is
not even a city.

Too teeny-tiny.
But it is lush

and it is
beautiful

and it is theirs.
At the celebration,

the anniversary
of the annexation,

Mister and Missus
Swift and Bloodless

graciously
thank the

hired help.
Doctor Iconic

shuffles home,
which is directly

across the street
from the stadium.

From high atop
the lighthouse

here in lovely
Heartbreak City,

the tenders of
bar, Ambassador

Unbeknownst
and Mayor

Disc Jockey,
are arrested.

arrested development