P oetry R epair S hop (1999.08: 090)
- CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POETRY
- by new, emerging, and established poets

L.S. SHEVSHENKO
(Please Excuse Me)

for my thoughts on God
and Hell
for belching
and farting
for saying that your breasts
are soft
for this pissing
in the wind 
while holding my dick just so

for drinking my way 
into odious inanities of
self preservation
excuse me
for my doubting
your timeless persecutions
those judgmental rewards that ream
for me not understanding
your antiquated ways of
conditioned moralistic turpitude
those so hell-bent 
on diversifying 
my imagination
excuse these artistic renditions
of realism and
my obvious disenchantment
with authority
in this world
the past has created
and for saying
FUCK YOU!
as often as there's a need.

Poem copyright 1999; all rights reserved. (If you desire a copy of this poem, please contact the AUTHOR).