A new Poem by Crispin Best
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there is a wildebeest in our jacuzzi
he looks cheesed off maybe
we are looking at the wildebeest
from inside the kitchen
the fridge poetry
says a bunch of things
and i say “i feel a little bit constrained
by this wildebeest”
i look at your hand on your hip
it is doing “live long and prosper”
i think you know it’s doing it
and i make my hand do “live long and prosper”
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we are looking at youtube
to see what to do about the wildebeest in our jacuzzi
sometimes you make quiet sounds
and i am trying to tell you a true story
i heard about a woman who unpacked her shopping
and then drove back to the supermarket
she sat in the car park there for 45 minutes
to not waste the time left on her ticket
but we are watching this video right now
and you are making quiet noises
and it might be important that we pay attention
and learn the plural in case another one arrives
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there is a wildebeest in our jacuzzi
he still looks cheesed off
we are looking at the wildebeest again
from inside the kitchen
i am wearing your underwear
you are wearing my underwear
i say “jesus why couldn’t you have been
a sealion or something, wildebeest”
i look at your stomach
and it’s moving in a normal way
and i press the button to make the jacuzzi start
and the wildebeest slowly closes its eyes
