IT IS SERIOUS by Dennis Doph

touchdown jesus. 15

It is serious
Our usual Sultry Summer Sun
Hides from us
Here on the "Mediterranean Central Coast"
Beefy men
Parade around in cutoffs
Pretending
Santa Barbara summer
Is really here

It is serious
A chunk of ice
Size of Tennesee
Just fell off
The North Slope of Greenland
Drifting
Into Hudson's Bay
What will the Canadians do?

It is serious
Sarah Palin is out there
Out there
Chewing us all out
Dumb bitch thinks
All us progressives in Bluestates
Need to be chastised
By her
She gets all hot & wet
Everytime she gives
A shout-out
for some new Teaparty
Moose Mama
Who is she kidding?

It is serious
There's a whole generation
Out there
Who have no idea who
Eleanor Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Tennessee Williams
Albert Einstein
Bette Davis
Billy Wilder
or anyone of cultural worth
Is
But they know Lady Gaga

It is serious
Used to be so penisproud
Now
Reach for the Cialis every time