FOREIGN OBJECT
By Zac Dunn
Published Issue 116, August 2023
There is a foreign object in my mouth
It is called my tongue
I am so glad that I don’t have a television set assfixxed firmly to my head
Channeling the sinister spirit
Like the buzz of 10,000 Roman plebeians
Demanding the gore
Welding mighty filthy muffins made of mud
thicker than fudge with rocks
As wilted flowers are laid down at the
Feet of the YETI only to turn to dust
Swinging the glorious taco cabana
hammer once more
Tenderizing the feels as the squeaky wheel screams like a banshee
The creek in the cave had run dry again
But the mighty Phoenix of discord spreads its dreadful wings and takes flight over the burning ruins of asinine archives
Colder than the feet of the glacier as the plates drift effortlessly into the subduction zone rupturing the benign firmament as
The beast lumbered into the clearing in mid-stride with haste
And then paused briefly
only to slip without a sound into the coniferous canopy
Back into its hiding places
The pungent musk left hanging in the mist nevermore circuitous
Giant boulders flung from the tips of peaks utterly unreachable
As the choir of singing from the bowels of the mountain lulled the elusive Sasquatch from its stand
Severe shy eyes piercing the permafrost scanning frozen tundra
for a mate who lays in wait bugging for squirming live bait
The sherpas all abandoned there pitiful retainers due the fever pitch of nonstop complaining
Ringing the dinner bell with the flasher holding a pistol who’s the worst smelling person ever
who makes the most dry and soulless roasted
Chicken that we all eat
but promptly excuse ourselves to purge as it’s raw and unseasoned profanely prepared by a flawed clod of a man
Vikkar Musso was a no-show
The pig was quickly procured and dispatched to banish the oncoming Jinn
So the YETI raised its mighty digits to the heavens
As snowflakes subtly began to fall
The abominable vision of the mighty elusive being drives my tongue to proclaim
His glory in the kingdom of solace where
He shall forever remain
Dedicated to the life and memory of our brother
TUWAYNE FOSTER aka URL GRAVY
vox veritatis aeternae
Zac Dunn is a psycho-social mechanic, father, musician and dreamer. Check out his music and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.
Check out Zac’s July Birdy install, WHERE THE SHARKS SLEEP, or head to our Explore section to see more of his work.
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