Is you got book smarts and throw your bubble gum wrappers on the side of the road?

THEY

They were an ignorant child

with their one sighted eyes,

their lazy hands and clumsy feet.

They believed

in fictional best sellers and had no true heart

to follow. They couldn’t quite figure out how

to change their bath water or keep their groceries

rotated and fresh.

They were horrible tenants and couldn’t respect property

even if it was theirs.

Delinquent on their garbage bills,

their waste surrounds them.

When the authorities finally show up

to evict them

they will rent a generic moving truck,

not a U-haul or Ryder or anything like that,

but one without a muffler,

a bad catalytic converter and bald tires.

They will end up stranded

heading South

with only their p!ss to fill the radiator.

The Buzzards will circle—

that’s all they’ll do is circle . . .

and laugh.