pledging allegiance.

i think that 12:58 just may have been
the longest sixty seconds i've lived through;
but you've got to adjust when you're the size of
nothing in particular with
twice the misfortune,
but much better consistency---
and i refuse to let this plastic fork go to waste and i'll
never eat meat for as long as i live---
232 more years or three seconds more
(but you've just got to love america).
water boiling, 1:05 and it's down the drain
still i'll testify to its raging waters
of seven minutes past (once my
mouth isn't full--- but whose isn't?)
we all look the other way.
everyone wants more flavor but why not
pick a flower instead? just ask
its permission lest you get yourself
into a predicament.
i'll tell you.
i'll swear i'm in a cage in a sea of churning water.
hot enough to melt
the eyelashes off a (not-so-innocent)
bystander--- (is anyone still
innocent, anyway? i'll give him a dollar).
still i feel my eyeballs bleeding,
retinas boiling
back into my brain (which feels tender, oh good
maybe someone can salvage it and
make it a meal)---
and as my toenails curl and my
skin turns to rubber i'll swear
up and down i'm not proud.














of course i would find such twisted inspiration in a pot full of boiling water and ramen noodles.
i have no idea, but in a very strange way it reminds me of ginsberg's "america."
okay, make of it what you will. interesting =)