by Catfish McDaris
I was raking the yard, pulling
the last skeletons of marigolds,
foxtails & poppies, when I noticed
A well dressed man walking
toward me, he wore an unnatural
grin, somewhere between wild
euphoria & a lunatic insanity
Figuring he had just smoked crack
or snorted angel dust, I lifted my
rake into a defensive position
As he got near he withdrew a
pamphlet & said “Do you feel
an emptiness in your soul?”
I just stared at him
“Perhaps you’d care to read this
& make a small donation for the
greater good of all mankind?”
I kept looking at him & thought
I recognized him from Roswell, NM
He smiled & asked “Aren’t you
going to say anything?”
“Yea, get the fuck out of here
before I donate my rake up your ass”
He started walking, still smiling
until he stepped in a pile of dog shit.