One Won

One won, wan, win, when, wonder for wander,

Schmicket, bricket, who the hell broke it.

Smoke it, toke it, lock it up and foke it.

Lolly, dolly, waggle, jangle, jiggle, wiggle,

Play with a giggle.

Touch it, much it, muck it, suck it,

Bite it, right it, fight it, might it,

Become what we want it or dream it or stream it

Or swim it or drown it or give it or kill it.

It is what it is.

We do what we do.

Everything dies before our eyes

Wherever it flies, whatever it lies,

Incredible pies, on credible lies, attracting cries

On fakeable tries, with crocodillwords

They shoot us down they shoot us up

We have ourselves we have ourselves

Flaming to blaming framing to maiming

Chewing to pieces paying the leases

Subscribing to lynching, inviting and pinching

And scrinching and grinching and spinning and winning

And losing and boozing and groozing and choosing

And weeping and sleeping and pissing and moaning

And frowning and smiling and laughing and dying.

 

        Copyright 2024, John W. Medeiros

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