Yearbook Sentiments

 
she was born with a plastic spork

in her mouth

and cursed with Originality

(cribbed from a chicken n’ egg culture)

standing out from

the billions sold

–and buying–

from battered sheep

and comment card

“filler-outters”

from backpatters

and gladhanders,

(so status quo)

9 2 5

(ers)

and 1-800 callers and

how’s my driving, now?

who wanted to know…

when the bike lane kicks ass over

the car pool lane and its

crash test dummies,

(pre-made’s all inna row)

–that die

in most hospital settings

while the doc vacations in Majorca–

the third

leading cause of death nationwide…

©Karen Robiscoe