XLII
Laurel and Hardy embalm a dream with hijinks
stooges of the state subsidize another murder
diegetic Moroder turns the dirge to disco
Bisquick mornings and Nesquik nights
misquoted “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
in mixed company at the wrong wedding
a child’s birthday wish derided as prelapsarian
the town wino’s pale, Promethean liver
paysage d’hiver with apple-drunk moose
Scabby admonishes a new union buster
Sacco and Vanzetti embalm a dream with hijinks
XLIII
Flemish views from the impossible promontory
severe penitence in stages of disrobement
night after night of Rice-A-Roni improvisation
brand ambassadors indicted for racketeering
brutal Christ commissioned by viceroy
the lowly baronet’s petulant baritone
title and registration in a trembling hand
hangovers of the syrupy luncheonette
Zapatistas astride radiant white stallions
Italianized Cleopatra’s asp and titties
putting all of my money on the loaded chamber
XLIV
barbiturated ogre fingering the salad bar
gendarmerie advance in a station of the metro
Gena Rowlands with a pistol and a prayer
sellouts conspire underneath the pavilion
necropolitics of the dairy industry
Hemingway’s prelude of hemorrhoids
Amalfi twinks oil the bellies of their benefactors
heiress of shapewear bespoils the heiress of laxatives
a groundskeeper’s prowess in shillelagh
the last of the midtown pimps in a pawn shop
a planned obsolescence of the ouroboros