PU$$Y SHOT: M.J. Arcangelini

JOKE

He knows he is ignorant, cruel,

and amoral; he is proud of it

When others speak ill of him,

taking aim with their humor,

inciting people to laugh at him,

his indignation swells like a

painful boil, an infected tooth,

a pointed viral internet meme

spreading around the world;

especially if he knows it’s true.

He takes himself too seriously

trying to compensate for the

many who refuse to take him

Seriously enough. Along with a

complete lack of compassion,

empathy, or morals he has no

sense of humor, especially

where it concerns his image.

He knows many see him as a joke.

But he allows no one to point it

out, to use it to prompt jeers at

his expense, to call him on any

of it, point it out to his gullible

cult; he can never allow that.

It feels inevitable that I, with my

sharpened, caustic poems, will fall

afoul of his ill humor. One of his

rabid guard dogs will make a lunge

for the loose skin of my throat, to

silence my offensive words for good;

I only hope there will be others to

taunt him to his grave in my absence.

BIONIK PU$$Y