Les gens sont des cons ~ Saturday, June 14, 2025

Les gens sont des cons ~ People are bloody, ignorant apes ~ En attendant Godot / Waiting for Godot ~ Samuel Beckett

Yi Yuanji, Two Gibbons in an Oak Tree

~ ~ ~

Yes, her face, pink as a gibbon, as red
in the sunshine as a well-bred baboon

Yes, catch-as-Cath-can, no-holds-barred contests
uncontested all holds permitted wed
as well-fed geese in the foie gras goon squad
nothing less than gavage for fígado
jungle faced Jake forces all for the best
iecur ficatum, fig-stuffed liver

To wit, Helen Keller, welcome to God
welcome to indifference, with no regard
old or young, smart or dumb, with a green thumb

Goodness gracious black sails under a shard
insert a first place blue ribbon to plumb
beneath the blockage, it makes me shiver
bon chance! Elle a l'air de...bof, il fait froid
oh descendants of slave owning racists
no, I know, you do not know who you are
slave owners, a class with je ne sais quoi

if I offend you, my apologies
not here to argue or work with fascists

as for the argument in the mirror
no one hears the words of a mute speaker

Old World values continue to say please
as if, thank you, may I have another
kiss my arsenal guard, as language grows

Tall as the Empire State Building, brother
read between the lines, only mother knows
each son better as stronger or weaker
each day, the pain grows worse, wish I were dead

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