a genius zebra
walking through the park
shining like a diamond
talks to
a parrot, sitting on a branch
high on ketamine
the zebra asks the parrot
about life and the universe
the parrot
is high as fuck
and tells the genius zebra
that nothing is real, and all is a dream
within a dream,
and that all matter
radiates from
this invisible field
that no one can see
and the genius zebra
shining like a diamond
goes back to his wife
and tells her all about it
and realizes he’s a fictional character
in some drunkard’s fantasy
and then he escapes from this poem
and kills himself
by jumping into a meat grinder
on a swedish farm
and the fucking parrot
laughs all night long

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a tired old fuck
sits in his chair listening
to Coltrane
uses red and green and yellow crayons
to create poetry
draws a happy face
and a sad face
and then he picks
up a revolver
from the table
and shoots himself in the brain
and the blood
splatters
over the faces drawn with
crayon on the white paper
on the table
and then
he finally
rests
in peace