the emerald city
the emerald city
dorothy is back again 1
reprising her role 2
as the new lead singer of hole, 3
as the kansas branch division 4
chief of the ku klux klan, 5
doing the funniest bit 6
with kukla, fran and ollie. 7
the playground went south, 8
doppleganger effect 9
blued the notes 10
in the reporter’s rearview, 11
accommodated the focus given of caffeine 12
and over the counter antihistamines. 13
because the emerald city 14
stank of coffee and poppy 15
and i was trying to forget 16
the sweetest piece of rear in 17
the sweetest city on the coast, 18
and i was broke and feeling mean 19
i hit pier fifty-four to find some junkies or mummies, 20
looking to erase the line in between. 21
the semiprecious stones i was born down with 22
are the color of the envy 23
that drove me through the land of the shorn 24
to the clinic of the free 25
and the emerald city nurses my dystopia, 26
fills my prescription, 27
says, “welcome home, cousin,” and embraces me. 28
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