cruuuuueeeeeeeeeeel

[o_the_fool]

i will give a big prize to the person who guesses the inspiration.

.redefined

here.there you are erect pitter-patter hag
sandpaper, nailfile bag, undoing with your ice
and your sticked lips, thin and otherwise
wane and white
overly roman nose and painted blues
polohunch and classy black plastics
stonestep etch neverfall
pan to i-self
back-of-the-shelf, wraith me
ghoul of confounded newfangledness
and so call you me such a word
feigned but still condescending

oh--wicker statue, easily burnt is me
here.there i be in whatever degree
of description i please to profess today
an ant to a whale, oh king of beasts
ruling your reign so pallid
i flourish, power that be
and you are
Hitherto
Nondescript.

another:

i'm just a ma.a.an in a coffee sho.p.
with a
circumsta.nce
and the
shampoo. still in my hair.
and it's funny seeing
you here.
in this right pla.ce.
with the right li.ghts.
and i think i think i think i've waited too long to rinse
e.y.e

(were not for the grace of the dots, otherwise unremarkable)