Tuesday, December 02, 2014
What You Will in Your Way
Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy
barked and snarled while
ripping off raw meat from
a huge bone.
Sideshow Barker supplied
the background: how his
devout missionary parents
were slaughtered in Vastest
Afreekuh! How he was
raised by wild dogs,
and how his Aunt Bertha
rescued him with The Bible
thrust at the snapping pack!
When Jo-Jo could be calmed down,
you were invited to ask him
a scriptural question for a nickel.
Very much more than that to see different
evidence in a dim, straw-smelling room
of LOU-LIL! Man? Woman? Both?
Hodge, the new barber, lays his money
down! And later testifies: “Side-by-side.
Cunt and prick! I kid you not!”
The Professor peers over his
Des Moines Register. “Sets up
an intriguing question.”
But before it can be answered,
a young man wearing a wristwatch
ambles past. All rush to the window,
Hodge, with scissors, leading with
“Truly hope it doesn’t injure
your pretty little wrist, Darling!”
Spew what you will in your way,
but America is only one-tenth
as moronic presently.
Labels: 19th Century, America, barber shop, dogfaced, dogs, man-woman, side show, wristwatch
