Halloween

by

none medical spokesperson…

the brown bag prophet
was looking
somewhat
depressed
as
i approached
his
usual perch
just
inside
the city park
when
i asked
what’s up
he said
as you know
halloween
is
one
of
my favorite
holidays
a time
for
trick-or-drink
dynamic
pub crawling
but
last night
was an absolute
disaster
everyplace
i went
was full
of
republicans
drowning their sorrows
and
foremost
their
guilt
with every booze
imaginable
i mean
i saw people drinking
stuff
so poisonous
that
it would remove
the varnish
off
the bar
so
was only served
to them
on
stainless steel counters
i tried
to
warn them
that
drinking
rot gut
couldn’t
stop
the cancer
invading the nation’s body
of
freedom
what they needed
was
a strong
dose
of
the truth

 

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