Please don't steal my bag.
Please don't steal my blue bag
With all my poems in it.
Please don't try to to steal my
...
Thomas L. Vaultonburg founded Zombie Logic Press in 1997.His latest book is a childrens book titled The Toughskin Rhinoceros Wrangler Company.)
I Am Insane
I Am Insane
I am insane
Because I will not
Chase your dollar
Through fields of
Wild Foxglove
I am insane
Because I bay at the
Bloodmoon
And will not bray
At beer commercials
And do not obey
Your traffic signals
I am insane
Because on my switchboard
All calls to Allah, Yahweh,
Jehovah, Zoroaster and
Santa Clause are all
Answered by the same operator
I am insane
Because I held up
The Bank of America
With a holdup note
Composed of haikus
And demanded only
The teller deposit
My.12 residual check
I earned for appearing
On The Banana Splits
As a child.
I am insane
Because to me
The difference between
A story and a true story
Is less important than
The difference between
Schlitz and Blatz
I am insane
Because I interfere
With the re-uptake
Of your serotonin
Re-uptake inhibitors
I am insane
Because in the elevator
Of my psyche
There are buttons labeled
Pluto, Cucamonga,
Kokomo, Sheboygan, Padukah
Algonquin Round Table,
Deep Night and Help
(Don't press that one) .