Bored With the Shtick

Behind the original Ozzie’s,

Sadly now shuttered,

Slices of remastered history

Attract an outsized share of

Hack culture bottom feeders.

At center ice the painted dogs face off

In technically a friendly,

But that blood sure looks real.

A Roomba roams an abandoned nuclear power plant,

Like a helium balloon with chronic lower back pain.

You can’t touch anything for less than a

Time bomb ticking like horny opossums.

And other co-morbidities.

It was tough for me and Darlene

To do what we do, bell to bell. 

We are non-neurotypical,

Typically under-diagnosed.

We don’t believe in Instagram.

Or revolutionary toothbrushes.

And mute at times can be too loud.

But what’s worse is

Even though it’s not worse,

It is worse

Because it could be worse. It could

Make 34 percent seem like a majority.

 

 

© 2021 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

 

A&T

 

A DOLLOP OF YEAST ON A GNU’S BEARD 

And you could be the owner of an exclusive handbag!

 

THE TEASE 

Goldfinch in the rosemary.

Hummingbirds at the purple sage.

 

A NEW YEAR MEANS MORE REWARDS 

Arrive. Dine. Play. Stay.

And be white about it.

 

THE LAST TEMPTATION CENTER 

We waive the fees!

 

A BLAND EDEN 

Book early.

Cancel anytime.

 

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER 

Pentagons, octagons, ziggurats.

 

A WETLANDS 

Pronounced har yu.

 

THE MONKS OF THE MONASTERY OF BRO TOTALLY 

Beautiful on the inside and the outside.

 

A LOT WITH LOTS OF OCELOTS 

He don’t need to come back here.

He’s got all his homeboys out there.

 

THE REVEAL 

Capture points plotted with sidewalk chalk.

 

A GOOD SHOOT 

Worthy of the name.

Made some noise.

 

THE COMMON TATER 

I commentate, therefore I am

A common tater.

 

A SQUIRREL CHIRPS IN SPANISH 

“And you think my shit raggedy?”

 

 

 

© 2021 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

 

Embodied Practices

 

"Vampire," by Edvard Munch

CAN’T SEEM TO LET YOU GO 

My body is dematerializing.

My car is disintegrating.

And still they call it felony evading.

 

THAT’S CUTE 

What is it?

 

TESTING TESTING 1-2-3 

Is there a She-Ra in the house?

 

EMBODIED PRACTICES 

I’ve been single all my life.

She married the same man three times.

 

PISSING ON PAYWALLS

So gangster and chill.

In subzero temperatures.

It freezes as soon as it hits.

 

AND I THOUGHT 

Of all the times.

 

OTHER THAN THAT 

To be honest

It’s just hey.

 

IS THERE A LIMIT? 

No there is no limit.

 

PRIVILEGING SUCCESS 

Ranked #1.

 

DON’T HANG ON THAT 

And that’s why.

Right there.

 

TAKE IT DOWN 

Like let it be up for three days

And then take it down.

 

YEAH BUT SEE 

If I just do…

If I just...Wow!

Did you see that?

 

SO FUNNY 

I saved my mother’s chonklas

In order to self harm.

She delivered her own elbow smash.

Four million grandkids

 

THERE’S A VIDEO 

That’s nothing but trash

Trucks. He loves it.

 

I MAY HAVE SAID THIS ALREADY BUT 

It’s not too late to save.

 

 

© 2021 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

I Love That This is a Thing

MARKED MAN

Bullseye on my back,

Bounty on my head,

And an ex on my ass.

 

HERMOSA BEACH

Forward slash nice wezza,

Forward slash cute dogz.

 

ZOOM SEX

A series of burns.

 

APRIL PARTNER OFFERS BRING MAY

Earn after spending promos.

 

HELLA FULL MOON 

Double the madness.

 

THREE EASY STEPS 

You show up,

You test,

You go on your way.

 

BIKINI BOWFISHING 

I love that this is a thing.

 

CAMELS AND ZEBRA 

Stay standing longer with anti-fatigue mats.

 

FIRST DAY OF SPRING 

Where’s my VapoRub Plus?

 

GLOBAL MARKETING ANALYST 

Never had no formal training.

 

RUSSIAN VODKA WITH MEXICAN 7 UP 

To help you crush your wellness routine.

 

BATTLE CRY 

Look at me!

 

POET LAUREATE 

Is this seat taken?

 

MUSTARD SEEDS 

Limit two.

 

AFK 

Ink pen, cocktail napkin, college ruled.

 

FUTURE TENSE 

I’m not tense now,

But I will have been.

 

THE WORLD I LIVE IN 

Hate = Virus.

Love = Vaccine.

 

EGG 

Pre-deboned chicken.

 

© 2021 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon. 

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