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oompah pah
let's say you are the spit-valve
on this old tuba in a dirtyblues band
an you ain't been blowed out
since midnight
an big blue jesse is tryin to pump somethin past you
like you don't know what
but you never felt anything so desperate -
this crud is just flat-out-a-god
but big blue jesse is too wrought-iron steeled at the knees
to get down on em and plea assistance
an his blowed-up brain is wrapped tight
like the rubber strung up inside a golf ball
so now it's you, the spit-valve, that's prayin
and big blue jesse's spit
is like half-dry white latex in hot sun
an yer plumb-fuck-stuck-shut
as you recall, it used to be la vella hartshorn'd keep
big blue jesse on top of things
she'd force frequent clear liquids down his throat
to keep his thick digits flexible
letting him finger-fish her sweet plush bush
(only lately la vella'd been wrapped up
servicing the reverend calvin q jamison
cause of she'd got sick an sad of big blue jesse's gloom-
finally squealing let dat no goot varmit rot n hell)
but tonight she figgers she wants to show the reverend
she ain't his personal wench no more
so she summons up a kindly remembrance
an the soft meat of her heart
fer big blue jesse's stiff old digits
so she up and struts through the backdoor of the dirtyblues club
to hear that slop-splatter of big blue jesse's stuffed-up tuba
and she justly marches right up on stage like she owns it
an phewwww! sweet jeeezus honey!
it's sassy la vella hartshorn
who right now snaps you open
twists her long red fingernail inside you
slicks you out like a starved dog slicks a crusty plate
an right here right tonight
that bitch releases you-
big blue jesse's spit-jammed valve
to swing the oompah pah
back to jesse's dirtyblues again
The Poet Spiel: There has been no influence under the politics of the NEA, and not a hint of the heavy
hand of an MFA, in the diverse writings of personal conflict and social consciousness by the poet Spiel.
He is published frequently, internationally, online and in independent press journals. His latest books
are: “she: insinuations of flesh brooding,” published by March Street Press and “once upon a farmboy,
” published by MadmanInk . Learn more about Spiel at:Web
Email: The Poet Spiel
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