Less RakishA Poem by Philip GaberYep, I think it was one of those deals where nobody is
thinking too much about anything. They were just sitting around in groups of
three and four dangling participles and cleaning their pips with their
tracheas. It was insanity at its best. The lovable people without hats weren't
ashamed to be a part of such nonsense. They had spent most of their lives
washing their socks with detergents that had names like "Clean 'em and
Weep," and “Suds 'em Good Cuz You So Dirty." Many rebelled against
such social unacceptability and gave their hearts and minds to science while
still driving around in their marginally equipped gray-scale SUVs. Questions
abounded, but there were no answers. Just lots of conjecture and the espousal of
opinions on spousal abuse. Young women stampeded through the doors of Wal-Mart,
proclaiming it "I'ma Gonna Get Me a Paira those Pink Panties Today,"
Day. But all the pink panties had been sold the day before, and several women
took the store manager hostage and held him at bee-bee gun point, demanding
their pink panties or else they would shoot bee-bees into his ear and nose and
make him "drop it like it's hot." It was precisely this kind of
psychosocial horseshit that caused so many women in the community to inflict
themselves with so much chaos and turmoil and heroin. Jenny Maloney, who works
as a caseworker for a nonprofit organization that really doesn't do a hell of a
lot, except rack up all kinds of grant money from the state and federal
government explained, "It's a bit like rolling out of bed in the middle of
the night, turning on the oven and thinking "OK, time to stick my heads in
this thing so I can get on with it. Then, upon realizing cameras were rolling,
she promptly covered her head with a babushka, lit a non-filtered cigarette,
and proceeded to walk toward the Equator. That's when her guypal Guy Frownly suddenly
appeared with a dozen dandelions and a forty-ouncer. "But I love ya,
sweetpants," he said, choking on his cigarillo. "Can't lives
without-cha." © 2026 Philip Gaber |
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Added on March 14, 2026 Last Updated on March 14, 2026 AuthorPhilip GaberCharlotte, NCAboutI hate writing biographies. I was one of those kids who rode a banana seat bike and watched Saturday morning cartoons and Soul Train. But my mother would never buy any of those sugary cereals for us k.. more.. |

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