The Third Option

A woman, strange in her bones,
Dirty knees, clean dishes, broken Amarillo
snow globe in rum, run, row
Snow, snow, snow, whoa, wrist, twist
-Red hat, red heart, red heat, red glee

Three-Five-Seven equals strawed berries
Berries carry on a tree,
Three, Three, Three, Three, Three, Tree
Tree, Tree, Tree,
Liar, liar, fence on fire!
Pop rocks- rock talks, talking hands, talking heads, head phones,
Phone home-
Unplugged phones won’t sing…
(But you never call.)
Three is prime. Prime time-
My time! Prime time in the sunshine, baby!
BBQ and family makes us happy, but
It also gives me indigestion.
– Indigestion and indignation.
Indigenous nation of three, minus me.
Naturally, we dance on the grass,
In the morning, early warning,
(Before the yard gets sleepy, see?)
Praise Jesus and pass the ketchup!
-Whateverittakestomakeyoufeelbetteraboutshuttingthehellup!
Oh, Jesus pleasus, ain’t got no time. No prime,
No time, salt and lime,
-thain’t one o’ mine.
Robot garbage, mechanic change, candy canes
Canes are knickers, knickers are optional
Optional is rational but not logical and reasonable
And reasonable is no good.
No good at all.
Two packs, Jack and three of those
-Whose picture put this here?
Dad, mad, glad, sad, had, BAM!
I had a dad.
Dad’s had.
He’s papering the wall.
wall, fall, tall, small, gall, gall, gas, glass,
Glasses in the rosebush,
But there were no fish,
-no rain, no fish, no gain, no dish
(rabbit, bear, hare and fish,
give the bastard my fondest wish)

Three, three, tree, tree, five and dime
Dime’s also prime. But not ten.
And not one.

No…

Anything at all is better than one.