from 'please understand that my urethra
is not a microphone and that singing
only causes infection so let
me number by yeast how many drinks it takes to
get me worshipping all the toilets you've ever sat on'
Sean Kilpatrick

drink 12

you were
a communist
ballerina
who talked
like a colored girl

i played
with your
socks
in Prague

it was
hip

drink 47

if you write a 137 page doctorate about sidewalks
will i mail your bra to someone famous

drink 6,013

i just tried
to commit suicide
with a can opener
and all this
ravioli
came out
of my wrists

drink 10,235

swastikas
every time
my erection
(that phrase written 458 times in this collection)
touches
the ceiling

clothes
on the floor
every time
someone
does you
a favor

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