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Solo Flyer #58: Louie Crew
Mace for the Child Molester
"What a big chemistry set Santa brought!"
I exclaimed to Michael, 10,
son of the chemist turned dean,
when we went nextdoor
for spicy Christmas cake.
Michael beamed as his dad peered
proudly over half-rims.
Mary, 6, nudged to show me her gift.
"And what a cute nurse's kit,"
I added with a patron's smile.
"Doctor's kit," the housewife intruded;
"tell him it's a doctor's kit, Mary,"
Mary's mother repeated even as she fetched us
pieces of her best minced meat pie.
Magic in Thanghai
When thrait boyth pith
you can alwayth tell
by the way they mith
when they thee uth thwell.
They don't thmile back,
but jiggle quick,
then crane their neck,
pretend a crick
hath made them gawk
while ourth get bigger.
"Ta Mud!"* they thquawk.
And then we thnigger.
With dribbled thip**
and extra huffth,
away they whip
as if we're toughth.
Ith not their fault
they're thcared to death,
White ghoths have taught
them that. Yeth, yeth.
I bless their hearts
and hope they see
how many parts
for life there be.
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*_Ta mud_, Mandarin, `Your mother!'
**Voice the "th" in _thip_.
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Rimes for the Years of the Plague
O Fiddle, Fiddle
O fiddle, fiddle,
the boys that have diddled
now jump over the moon.
Humpty Rumpty
Humpty Rumpty
Sat on his bed
Humpty Rumpty
Took cheesy head
Now all the Queans' horses
And all the Queans' men
can't semen poor Rumpty
together again.
Pretty Boys
Pretty boys hot
Pretty boy old
Pretty boys drew the lot:
Now years cold.
Natter, Natter, Recall
Natter, natter, recall
Lover John,
Going to bed with a big hard-on.
Natter, natter, recaul
Lover John.
Louie Crew has written four poetry volumes Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976)
Midnight Lessons (Samisdat, 1987), Lutibelle's Pew (Dragon Disks,
1990), and Queers! for Christ's Sake! (Dragon Disks, 2003). Louie also runs the website Poetry Publishers Who Accept Electronic Submissions.
© 2008, Louie Crew
E Orange, NJ
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew
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