Monday, November 29, 2021

mmmcdxxvi

Inside and Outside Upside-down Boxes

          You don’t have it
          unless you can get it

          down
          and outside in

          some kind of
          box.

                     —Rae Armantrout

For heaven’s sake, our
Lady’s called
It, and quite at
Pin
Point!
Everyone can agree, so
Down to it, shall we? Let’s get

Petty with our pottery, our poops, our pity-parties and,
Oh, our pumas and pompons. The entire
Lot of it! This
Year’s mostest-
Hearted is already an
Erstwhile
Death-on-arrival, am I
Right?
Of course, I am.
Now, what to do about it?

(Oh, come on,
Us! We
Tight-lipped,
-
Overly tarty
Faux pas in waiting gotta
-
Dance just like all the
Oity t
Oity types, am I
Right? (Once again, I am!) And that about
S)ums it up from me. Over & out.

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.