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what’s got more than one s?
dessert, comrade!
the longer winded cousin
of desert

isn’t it charming?
he thinks so
or at least that’s
the way I was taught

and that’s the time
they’re all supposed
to laugh and clasp
hands or clap backs

life can be charming
by candlelight -
all our cheap plastics
we replace with oak
polished placards

now that’s
education, comrade!

when the bar wings
close shut and
you see the
weeds you stepped
over for dessert
tell me how it feels
tell me what number
you dial first