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Recorded Reading (1:48): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rw1emjm5zdkuj5wrmkqk6/Oh-Do-You-Know-Which-Fork-to-Use.mp3?rlkey=l5wnmmsws0krwk49g8xt8iw6p&dl=0

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Oh, Do You Know Which Fork to Use?

Oh, do you know which fork to use
Apperatif, an oyster quiff
Oh, do you know which fork to use
When spearing a flambee?

Oh, do you know the language of
The escalating price of love
Oh, do you know the language of
The label of the day?

Can you discuss the latest trends
Big oil defend, nor ask amends
Oh, do you serve corporate ends
Get daily bread that way?

Do your shoes show the slightest scuff?
We thought as much — and sure enough
You’re made of inferior stuff
So must the Piper pay

The skills you have are useless, man
You’re finished before you began
Unless you act uncaring can
Regards our dismal day

Don’t show plebian sympathy
For beasts who by extinction be
Eliminated (naught but three
Percent remain today),

Concern yourself with ancient trees
Or chemtrails killing all the bees,
Don’t hate the plastic in our seas
Please hesitate to say

All of those inconvenient
Embarrassing things in your rant ~
They make us think, and we just can’t
With thinking be okay

We want to buy the party line
Call it benign, and feel just fine
You ought to have a glass of wine
Do you like Chardonnay?…

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Homeless until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ this poet presently lives under perpetual threat of towing with all possessions should her 23-year-old van stop running for any reason.

Donors may visit http://www.UgiftABLE.com , using code #72D-31S. It does take several days for the poet to be notified of your patronage.

Thank you for supporting quality in the fine arts.

She is badly in need of a modest reserve with which to field any emergency which might occur.

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