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CARVING FOREHEADS WITH A PLASTIC FORK
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CHOKE THE CHICKEN
the image of
Abdullah the Butcher
carving someone’s forehead
with a pencil
enters my mind
It makes me realize
how much the kids today
just take for granted
they see a guy
crashing through tables
and swinging barb wire
and they’re bored
they don’t appreciate
Abdullah the Butcher
and the name Killer Kowalski
means nothing to them
Someone had
to be the pioneer
raking a plastic fork
across some fool’s forehead
they shout out,
“Bite him on the ear”
without regard to Bull Curry,
Fred Blassie, the Original Sheik
Or George the Animal Steele
but I have
the memories—
the glorified bloodbaths
of years past
such elegance in mayhem
well, the kids don’t know
but these days
I guess it’s just as well
12-27-95
The Youth
what a drag it is getting
what a drag it is getting old. Albert Einstein once famously stated later in his life "the only thing I have against the younger generation is that I'm no longer a part of it."