Gross You're Leaving Me
by Jacob Stanley
 

Oh please take me home with you
yes--                                    y e s
just                 put me in the cart
                      put me beside the frozen peas
and that androgynous looking coffee can
yes--                                    y e s
take me                                away from all this
make me        a p a r t
                      of your s h r i n k wrapped meals
where I'll keep gravy
                      and
                      bits of chicken company
in the
                      s p i n n i n g g n i n n i p s
                      microwave of taste removal

Oh please oh please
take me                                a n y w h e r e
drop me in the gutter
just                 !buyme!buyme!buyme!
coupons or no, I need a way                                            o u t
yes                 y e s just check my ingredients
anything to
take me                                off this shelf
yes please,
                      take me down the bread aisle
put me where I don't b e    l       o       n       g,
put me where you                 lose               
                                                                 i n t...............
..............
                      (who are you again?)
                                                                 .............st
and let your \s\e\n\s\e\o\f\t\a\s\t\e\ catch up with you
oh please        oh thank you
thank you for putting me where I can    
                                            r    o     t
where I can fall beneath carts, children's feet, old grapes,
moldy crumbs, puddles of whoknowswhat
                                                                 and find my way out
out of this row of i t e m s
that do not resemble             y     o     u;
                      this aisle of light jazz here to
keep me                               half                 a(y)-w(her)are;
this cold air bent around my boxed demeanor
trying to
coerce me      into feeling at h o m e

oh yes-- y e s you've done me a great service
yesthankyoufor
taking me       off the            s h e l (p) f
for shaking me all                 about
for letting me fall off your dis.....................
interested locale
oh please, oh p l e a s e
take me                                                                           away from this
yes-- y e s , this [dumpster] will do nicely.

 


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