Satirical Vignettes of the Gone World (after Ferlinghetti’s Pictures of the Gone World)

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Keep an eye out for Carbon Bigfoot Print,
you might catch a glimpse of that hairy frame
traipsing through the concrete jungle,
or shuffling through the one-stop-shopping
suburban stripped of all culture mall.

Is six of higher-priced local free-range eggs
the same as half-a-dozen trucked in from
god knows where country?

    2
Ladies, you never know who you’ll meet
during an Armageddon
so why not look your best
by wearing Apocalypstick
now available in two new, darkly brilliant flavors,
power-tripping plum and panic peach.

Also try our age-defying skin-crème,
you’ll never have to wrinkle your forehead
thinking about things again.

Act now! (because there may be an Apocalypse)
and receive free eye-liner with new tear-absorbing properties
so no one will ever know you’re crying in your drink
because there’s no one left to date,
no one
anywhere.

    3
Dear Sirs,
Please cancel my subscription to End Times.

4
Since cancelling my subscription to End Times
I nearly wikipeed my pants
at how much stuff there is online
and whatta treat, no more standing in line at the news stand,
but then my aboriginal friend (he and me go way back)
told me that all lines come to an end,
so remember the circle, the spiral . . .

Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet on Axis of Logic. In addition to his work as a writer, he is a small press publisher and Turtle Islander. His recent book is “Drive-thru Theofascism & The Hero's Journey” and the newest is “Dear_______, poem-letters to friends and enemies.” You can contact him via his literary website.  

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