Who will be our next contestant
Pat Sajacked into the realm of
Spinning wheels, outlaw justice and freakish family loyalty
Strikingly lifelike TV Guide circa 1984
No, not that one
Right down to a nagging distrust of
Organized anything
Strong predilections
Toward Asian philosophies
Barefoot Shaolin monk types
Avatars, rain forest jungle cafes, disappearing pollinators, drought, dust bowls, whirling dervishes, dung beetles, pyramid schemes
I ran
Contrary
To your affairs
In order of appearance
To the next stage
The page I turned
The other cheek
To war we wedged
Between a chocolate covered tree dwelling elf
And a hedgehog hero
Your belief systemic
A stint in my
Almost atheist but not quiet
Enough to let go of
The Stranger
All in the name of
Existentialism not to mention
Exorcism, shark attacks, muppets, labyrinths
I counted on a vampire’s purple fingers
Before I knew The Interview existed
Or Poe, or Bram or Whitman(’s) Sampler
Arrived at my mother’s bed
On her sick day