Sodom and Gomorrah Go To the Zoo - 1998 Rogue Scholars Reading
Channel: Poetry for Cowards
Date: 2023-02-02

Sodom andG omo rra hg ot o t h e z o o 

It was a happy love goblin time 
loving happy blueness in the trellis whoop dolly 
Gee whiz merry loop-de-loos of gorgeous green 
gangs of interesting people nodding off in the aftermath of sleepy time. 

There were nose piercings in the goo goo nada gallery, 
picking teeth with the best butcha butt putter nooga beechoos. 
And the salamander goodness of treaties improper 
made our houses smell cheery as beets in the honey love muffin. 

Outside the gumdrop mountains in the valley of persephone flowers 
Down underneath the ether bunnies foody holes 
There was a goon bobbing gobbling peaches 
Like a good little goon gobbler green and gangly and great. 

And the proof of the prettiness in the eyes of the pulchritudinous 
Sat like lucifer loogies on logarithms of dynamic systems 
Muddling their merry way through mazes of bashful discontent! 
Goons gazed gleefully at that and great grins emerged from glowing trellises. 

The sweet saltwater stick in the licking sand sealant 
And the poofy pious preachers with their pins on purple hearts 
The lightning loosing leafy lichens brilliantly stirring valley parking 
On goons march of triumphant enharmonic dissonance! 

This is the way to this town. 
Turn left. 
And then go home. 
And stoke the fire in the fireplace until it is really really hot. 

Beegee squirting bits of your lovely beaded hair 
In the erected monuments of our silly land 
Now crispy and frittered salt on top of your wavy thick steak fries. 
After the garden has melted in the sunset of Euphrates epiphanies. 

All warm and sunny rays are you 
And the goons do know it, little beautiful braid of Bedlam 
As do the little auspicious angels 
Although the goons do surmise and exuberate 

The angels submit to smiling behind poofy white clouds. 

 

(1998)