trudged into the Teacher’s Center <br />so I immediately closed my eyes <br />and started to snore <br />unable any longer to listen to the man’s <br />sad tales. <br />As usual he moaned, <br />“I’m a loser...” <br />And as usual Abner Garland replied <br />with his now familiar <br />Old Testament fervor, “FOR ONCE IN YOUR DEBASED <br />AND PERVERTED LIFE <br />STAND UP <br />STAND UP AND BE A MAN.” <br />Not deterred in the slightest <br />Leo Peabody continued, <br />“I did it again last night <br />even though I said, <br />No more. <br />Went to Delancy Street <br />and there was this girl <br />in a tan mini skirt <br />‘Fifty, ’ <br />she said and we walked into this room <br />and the girl said, ’You get undressed first.’ <br />So I stripped <br />and after I took off my clothes <br />she flopped on the bed <br />but still had her clothes on <br />then all of a sudden <br />she lifted up her skirt <br />showing the cutest white panties <br />with red hearts all over them <br />finally she moved a little of the material <br />to one side <br />so there was just enough <br />room for me to enter. ‘That’s all <br />I’m getting for fifty? ’ <br />‘Everything’s extra <br />except the hole, ’ she said.’” <br />I couldn’t listen to this babbling <br />a second longer <br />because I’d already heard his morose <br />autobiography a hundred times. <br />“Why don’t you write <br />this stuff down? ” I asked. <br />“I’m blocked <br />but for you it’s different <br />cause you just write about anything— <br />taking a crap <br />blowing your nose <br />your ass doctor <br />doesn’t matter <br />but it’s all bullshit.” <br />“Helps pass the time, ” I replied, <br />as honestly as possible. <br />Without warning Abner Garland yelled, <br />“NEVER FREQUENT SUCH A PLACE AGAIN! ” <br />“I’m only human, ” sighed Leo. <br />“THE ALMIGHTY SHALL STRIKE YOU DEAD <br />YOU WHOREMONGER.” <br />Flawless words quickly cascaded <br />into a frezied brain <br />as my spirit soared <br />the poem already finished <br />before pen hit paper.<br /><br />Charles Chaim Wax<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/leo-peabody/
