Pick a Peck of Güvercinler

efferevescing effortless
always leaves us ever breathless
gerunds gerundize our nouns
gerunding while near-preverbal
this tiny car is spewing clowns
engine growling fierce as gerbils
exercise our octopusness?
your moonlit cheek we'll dare caress!



We understand the base demand
for cultural touchstones plastic and bland
mass-produced items set free in the sun
get the lights, the family fights
we've all got crosses to wield:
But take the elves off of your shelves
or they will spit in your every last meal.



Clip eraser to the metal and scratch the paper
Chew on the wood until the hexagon is a nubbly spittled cylinder
Listen to the held-back one make the funny pun
When the kid behind you kicks you again break the pencil off in his knee
It'll all be OK if you get straight A's



lens bites, a cookie cutter shark
  bring back negative develop in the dark
  chemical burns for forty days and nights
  photo raised up like a sail on a barque
Oh ye, Scourge of the Seven Seas
  you pillaged and plundered and caught a disease
  next time draw a picture instead
your barbarian image was all in your head