Kathleen Rooney & Elisa Gabbert

here.

And this favorite, I would like to wrap it up in an envelope and send it away to the worthy recipient himself:


QUATORZAIN 6

I received your evasive non-response.
Nice work using the invisible ink.
But if you think a rat-faced rat-haired rat-fink
like me has time for words ensconced

in double-talk group-think, you, my friend, have got
an appointment with the blunt side of my fist.
I wear earmuffs during fisticuffs & I've never missed
an eye, my knuckle makes a beeline for the black dot

iris-spot blotting the window-to-the-soul—
kiss your soul goodbye, it's going down the hole
so quit acting all holier-than-thou.
I'm top dog here, & you're puppy chow.
This call is being recorded for evidence
in the court of evidence? Schmevidence.

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I like those ladies.