Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The Common


The Common


common sense is often lacking in the com
mon
keys eat the fleas they groom from their neighbors.
Shh! someone will
hear

the rising sun before it appears.
Learn to smell ch
arm
the groundhogs, then we'll see who
spe
ed(s)

ucated doesn't mean able to reason, only broke.
But dumb is
free
your nethers from the oppression of underwe
ar

ctic ice will be remembered as a flavor of slus
hi
ps can be replaced when they fail, why not ide
as

sume that everyone is trying to get you,
but in a really lackluster
and ineffectual
wa
(y)

de into the stagnant waters of middle class ethics.
Consider commuting
to save g
(as)
k me how many socks I have without holes. Better yet,
ask my to
(es)

cape now while they've dozed of
(f)
eel free to disagree as long as you don't



C.L. Bledsoe

Posted over on Ditch Poetry

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