South By Southwest

you live in the south by 

southwest of existence

the third quadrant of it all

but then again so does all

of humankind

why, you wonder

because the God that many

worship has a boner for

perfection that his children

can't ever match

and the evidence is written

into the waffle layout that

dominates these disjointed

provinces of Vespucci

a township measures

six miles by six miles

and that doesn't totally

reflect evil but something

close to it like Nutrasweet

but the sections hide the

nitty-gritty, fishing in the dark

truth and it's serpentine to put it mildly

draw a six-by-six plat and

make a counting snake in

the upper right corner and

go back and forth over the

township like the old DOS

game and wind up in the

bottom right corner,

south of where you commenced

and you figure it up

and you figure it out

and then you hear

Remake Shaft

screaming about

basilisks in a fuselage

even though Euclid

meant something else

wholly and totally but

that matters not when

the nanny decides to

hang herself from the

third story window at

her charge's birthday party

Damian lives in the layout

and you wonder why the

nation is riding the tumbler

into Tartarus

or maybe it's a coincidence

and you all can get back to

your peter pulling because

the saints always go marching

in and you always want to be

in that number

let he who has wisdom indeed

Author's Note

It's been a while since I wrote one of these. Tear it apart like I was the submissions editor of your favorite literary rag.

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[APOORVA]

you live in the south by
southwest of existence
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT BROUGHT A SMILE ON MY FACE.
WOW..

but the sections hide the
nitty-gritty, fishing in the dark
truth and it's serpentine to put it mildly
GRABBED ATTENTION TWICE.


ALL IN ALL A GOOD READ, THANK YOU FOR SHARING

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you kindly for all your reviews.