Lost missing master car key
additional to ordinary travails such as near bankruptcy,
eviction from glow
er emitting landlady per expiration of lease
(June thirtieth two thousand ‘lo
seventeen, infestation of cockroaches
(little ones that look kinda cute), poe
tent shul hazards viz malfunction
of electricity outlets in this kitchen slow
burn the psyche of this bryn mawr,
pennsylvania renting all the while tip toe
ping thru the tool hips toward dropping
into abyss of poverty, the latest woe
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whip-sawing mice elf and the minnie mouse…
cheeses mother fucking fate
constitutes thee master set of automobile keys
to drive our 2009 Hyundai Sonata
went missing of late
which unasked for quandary finds
both thy missus and her mate
fraught with increased angst evidenced
by tension around temple of pate
which headaches rare for me, but genetics blessed this chap with top rate anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks…social schizoid state thus complementing my deprivation
from pounding migraine akin to psychological battle field tete a tete with ability to function the casualty
of mortal kombat “war” and fast loosing weight do to physiological symptoms
per nausea, palpitating heart, vertigo barely contain via a cocktail of medications,
which ordinarily ameliorate afore
mentioned wracking symptoms,
that most definitely invite suicide as bait
rather than besieged vis a vis inner
maelstrom doth create
but death not readily agreeable to me,
cuz if escorted by grim reaper…. that would be the first and final date though, Matthew Scott Harris
remains alive mailer demons
viciously claw in an attempt to eviscerate as descent of black crows (whose eyes widen
like black eye peas) and gravitate to this wrecked vestige of a
generic chap, who doth hate above iterated series of unfortunate events (move over lemony snicket) I tried to illuminate
aware that artistic pursuits in one form or another
could be cathartic, fantastic, intrinsic…magic, that could
somehow solve thee crisis,
which critical reliance on driving thine car,
a present topic de jure source of irritation
doth drive me to impersonate
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convincingly insitu, a lunatic madman
fit to be tied or strapped in strait jacket and duct taped mouth,
whereby arms and legs rapt
with attentive experimental scientists
intently observing viciously jagged oscillations
of sinusoidal curves mapped
omnipotent bound by super strong
steel magnolia derived wires
fixed to mine numb skull held –
with chrome dome capped
upon mine head whereby electrodes
send shock waves so
for the present and immediate future,
I can be a zombie and adapt.