SUZIE SLATER GIVES LONG CONVERSATION

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AMERICAN ZEN KOANS

 

Going to the men’s room

at the TLA

and seeing graffiti

over the urinal:

 

   “Suzie Slater gives

    Long conversation.”

 

and I’m thinking

that would be a great title

for a Frank Zappa song

but since Frank is dead

it’s up to me to write a poem

 

but I was thinking

about the ramifications

of such a poem

 

Everyone would want to know

who is Suzie Slater

and I would start off

telling the truth

 

I would let everyone know

that it was graffiti

on a bathroom wall

that I thought would make

a great title for a poem

 

but it would get annoying

after awhile

and I would get bored

with the reality

 

that’s when I would start lying

and changing things around

and stretching the truth

just a wee little bit

 

10 years from now

Suzie Slater will be

my ex-wife

and there’ll be

a whole drawn out sob story

about how she dumped me

 

It’s like a game

of whispering down the line:

by the time you get

to the end of the line

it’s entirely different

 

a few white lies never hurt

and blowing the situation

out of proportion

is a classic American trait

 

real life is dull enough

There’s o need

for my fantasy life

to be just as dull

 

3-26-96

 

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delightful


a delightful poem



 

 

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thank you.  glad you enjoyed

thank you.  glad you enjoyed it