television dreams
he was like a
fly that clung
to a cable in the wind
blow hard
lard infested
fruit of plenty
fast food
in slow motion
around the middle
a rainbow of poverty
in television dreams
pop culture plum
and garlic
tucked neatly in
necklace turned choker
fear and envy
trapped beneath
lip gloss and liposuction
the magazine said he should
if stood on
poem or battery
all-a-mangle in
deception and
good fortune
a rainbow of poverty
in television dreams.