In Memoriam J.P.

a rounding the corner an infant bent in
a a thick sheathe of scab & pus scuffling
a forlornly really drew my eye & then
b Jean-Pierre’s moustache ludicrously blasted
b piss at the Chancellor’s wife so fast that
c she didn’t have a chance to shut her gob
c Glug, Glug, Glug, Glug, sob, Glug, Glug, Glug, Glug, Glug
d of course none of us had had any idea
d that there was a urinary pore conceal’d
e in the gristle of Jean-Pierre’s grizzle,
e la-de-da, er, for shizzle my nizzle,
f ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum,
f di-dum di-dum di-dum di-dum di-dum,
f ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum,
f “at least he hasn’t blasted me with cum!”
b er, no, but ser’ously, like, after that,
b she went, “it’s pineapple juice!” & we all laugh’d,
g razor parallels of authentic beasts
g emerged, churning & voting, down the street,
h mice, geese, walruses, um, walri, cougars,
h jackals, jack-rabbits, &, many more sorts,
i also, disembodi’d strongman-throats, also,
i floating in their midst, a bread-crumb’d thingy, so,
j we completely completely forgot about the piss,
j & this breadcrumb’d, honeycomb-siz’d beasty, this
k batter’d inchoate vertebrate, began to
k play matchmaker between me & a man who,
l anyway, in the meanwhile, Jean-Pierre’s
l bristles twirl’d from the force of their flare,
mmm his nose was bloodi’d by their blur, & on
mmm this tiny propeller he rose, & was gone.
n first was laughter, then silence, then disbelief,
n then grief, then no grief, then no absence of grief.

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