poemranker ::I'll Just Have a Salad by jessicazee

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Free verse № 53473

I'll Just Have a Salad

Member since 2002 · Posted 20 Jun 2003 · 5 comments

You can tell me that I’m the worst one Point your scabby finger in my face Denigration tactics of every sort Your typically uncreative insults Make me cheer and cabbage patch But I won’t resort to puerile judgment or khaki I yam what I yam With dirty fingernails and carnivorous folds When people call you Olive Oyl it’s not complimentary Sure, use your stupid “wide angle lens” And poke my warm breasts In your sea bed you farm fear So who did not disgorge after extra-large meat pies Or swallow tiny chalk pills in their faded past You are not fooling anyone By tiptoeing through fields of crêpe poppies And inventing ulcers and Altoids You have lost your self, like squirrels lose nuts Worrywarts exist because there are Stones to be worried A rubbing stone in your only pocket The one you sewed on your arm Believing a craftiness might emerge To confound the ones who digest Your cohorts who order pizza With extra cheese Pepperoni and all of the meats.

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[9] INTRANSIT 20-Jun-03/6:34 AM Reply
Good job Jess. Alittle more serious than others you've written. Say, I've been looking for an open mic spot in Milwaukee, ain't found one yet. you?
[n/a] jessicazee › INTRANSIT 23-Jul-03/3:08 PM Reply
Thai Joes has one I've heard on Monday nights; also that newish place called Mecca, and of course the Y-Not II on E. Lyon.
[8] horus8 20-Jun-03/10:16 AM Reply
The end fumbles so fucking bad chicky middle finger, but right before I got to it, I thought you were there for sure (the poetry zone), have an 8.
[n/a] PoeTech 20-Jun-03/12:14 PM Reply
Be sure to read my latest poem - Theology - It's amazing!!
[n/a] Fear of Garbage 20-Jun-03/3:19 PM Reply
you know you're in trouble when a decent poem contains the word "yam" in it, not meant as a vegetable.
sufficient.