Tuesday, December 12, 2023

 There was a consortium

A contingency 
Of something I forget
Creatures of the no man's land
Brokered and bartered to nowhere
There hats were not blue or black
They were followers of Mohonk
Their tattoos were not Scorpions
But they spied in places
They ran the forest fire brigades
And attenuated to cyclical wine diversions
They listened for the creaking of a door
Displaced the Cherokee in a van with stickers
Honk if you love Jesus
Some had Birkenstocks others wore Nikes 
One difficult member insisted on Adidas
And one preferred Pumas 
But he said they had no arch support
Still he wouldn't give them up
He liked the style
Their plains were covered with mossy creatures
We live amongst the brethren livestock
We make cheese from their milk
You can't buy it in any stores
Their religion expressly forbid the practice of music streaming
The Lord does not condone the practice of stealing.