Inappropriate infiltrators
The clock on the bedside cabinet
buzzes. I punch it intending to
let the day in; but that seems to
be a faulty command since it's
the walls that disappear to let
a thousand hyenas laughingly
enter. I recognize none of them,
possibly because they're all in
hooded jump-suits with a sim-
ilar monogram embroidered on
the breast pocket. I cannot abide
such conformity so I punch the
clock a second & third time
which turns it into an IED with
sufficient inbuilt delay to allow
me to escape. I shed no tears that
none of the hyenas survive the blast.
The Perils of Pauline
De jure legal, de facto legal, insti-
tutional, socially coded, the genres
in vogue may present as a single
organ disorder, blindingly exclusive
& heteronormative. Common symp-
toms include retinal degeneration
& polydactyly, but that extra digit
doesn’t make you see any better.
There’s also orofacial dysmorphism
where the tongue thins out, looks
bald or shiny, becomes tender &
sensitive to spicy foods. Not only
means that singing those genres in
vogue is contraindicated, but also
that any rebates offered on solar
installations are no longer available.
Then he said, 'Behold now, I am old. I
do not know the day of my death.' On
an average day 151,000 people die.
These famous people died in 2023 &
nobody noticed. What times we live in
that nobody missed her for more than
two years. Nobody I know is known
to have died. Life goes on unnoticed.
Later that night
The chocolate chip cookie's in-
vention was a happy accident.
We know this because of small
pieces of text sent to our browser
by a website we visited. They said:
“indelible ink is also inedible. Choc-
olate will help.” Or maybe it was:
“kick dirt in his face & walk away.”
Code can be difficult to decipher,
especially on an empty stomach.