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Thursday, November 05, 2015

THE DOLTS' NEXT DEBATE

by Ralph La Rosa



Image source: DonkeyHotey



Don’t ask about earth science
Don’t ask about the poor
Don’t ask about one’s conscience
Such thinking is a chore.

Don’t ask about The Street
Don’t ask about the schools
Don’t ask about deceit
Such issues break our rules.

Do ask if we like kittens
Do ask about the wife
Do ask if we like mittens
Such questions about life.

Do ask if we hate taxes
Do ask if we pray daily
Do ask if we love crises
Such issues never foil us because we always behave like totally deranged assholes
—stupidly.


Ralph La Rosa lives in southern California where he daydreams and writes.