Five Poems

Charles V. Gustavsen

Issue 1 * Fall 1999

Blisterfuq®

i told them they couldn't
use a name like Blisterfuq®
but they informed me that
they'd already
secured the rights

 

Explication

You see, it's funny because
The duck has no hands

 

ultimat

ultimat

u l t i m a t


    utilimat

 

Custard Pie

the cool thing about being a Gen Xer
is how many manufactured
nostalgia packages
you have to choose from

remember the time when Shaggy
almost choked on the Scooby Snack?
i remember Watergate
there were a bunch of men on TV
and they seemed mad
it was so boring

i've copied all my old cassettes to .mp3

 

Big Daddy's Rinse 'n' Whine Breakfast

Big Daddy's Rinse 'n' Whine Breakfast came frothing up my esophagus.

I couldn't stop it in my mouth,
so out it went.

They promised satisfaction