them friends (1989)

friend #1 sprawling by the pizza joint,
 lazy grabby asshole.
friend #2 stumbling about using the N word, 
redneck whitetash.
friend #3 wearing my suit, only child, 
selfish horny artfuck.
friend #4 walking drone like naked thu party
 tiny pecker.
friend #5 sprays fire extinguisher in the kitchen 
 for no reason.
friend #6-9 forming a pyramid in the living room 
by fragile relics, stereo equipment, my bad knee.
girlfriend one and only tongues my ear
spills wine on her white dress
throws up on the sleep in my bed.
me? just trying to stay out
 of this poem.



1989 Lawrence Kansas