poem 35

by dog e relaford

adam was an aggravator boris was a boob conrad was a connoisseur ricky was a rube eddie was a con man freddy was his tool george did a hundred pushups before he went to school henry was a hustler joey was a jerk kenny painted a picture before he went to work donny was a dinosaur lenny was a lout isidore read the heavens to see what it was all about manny was a moocher nelson was a nerd oscar shouted on the corner louder than you ever heard penny was a panhandler queenie did no work sally stayed out of the shadows because that was where tony lurked uncle john was a dreamer vera took him for a ride weeping willie had big ideas aunt jenny never really tried you could have fooled big betty but charlie had them all pegged but don’t tell little david because elwood likes his ham and eggs they all lived together in a cardboard pizza box and collapsed like civilization because money talks