Party Sonnets

little brother asshole
whether it  just shits
or whether  you talk like this
through it

for wiping yourselves clean
of  what’s going on
in this country     think of the levels
to which this country has carried its decisions

its dreaded
scott tissue     the law
of  that order you talk
politely about shittily two-ply keeping

your ass kkklean.   but
you need those votes.



you need those votes.
rather than helping them
screw their heads on straight
you turn them republican

or  democrat depending
where the money comes from and goes
whose asses are covered—
or  kicked.

your boys     made to feel
you got them.     you got them
votes.

but little brother     asshole
according to Trickster      had to learn     to get his shit,
that little brother mouth has to eat.

Source: Poetry (October 2020)