Spiel on the Other Side of the
Fixing Him
Bass shouldn’t of
told Muriel about
stupid Debbie
chopped her dang hair
too short
like a butch dyke
Not like Debbie
could just go out
and grow it back long
the way the front yard
sometime goes
in less than a week
And who was him to say ?
no hair hisself
except pushing
nose goobers haywire
two inches
growing black
out his earholes
No wonder
how she up and busted
the only light bulb
in the garage
with a ball peen hammer
Nailed him in the dark
Him whining
like she’d went
and sewed his nuts
to his knees
Him and her
ain’t even parked
their F150 there no more
since they put Jesse down
Then stuck his collar
up over that
bent Christmas tree angel.
Just mice and
broke-down stuff
she don’t need
she keeps there
Not like she needs milk
with her peanut butter
all the time
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