Don’t Question Your Body

by Malcolm, under Poetry

I woke up this morning

And my brain blared

“BREAKING NEWS!”

The liver committed tax fraud

The spleen stabbed a man

Oh, and the gluteus maximus

Well, that one’s left unspoken


So I went to go eat breakfast

And my brain cried out

“BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!”

The adam’s apple stole a pie

The pointer finger to your goldfish

Quickly said bye-bye

And the left nostril..

(REDACTED)


At this point, I shouted aloud

Though nobody could hear

“Next you’re going to tell me…

“Of my left ear’s unpleasant burglaries.”

Complete and total silence followed.


This was as much a yes as anything

And so I climbed down the basement stairs

To find the body of my landlord

Who’d been lying prone

since last year


So let this be a lesson

Let all kids know far and wide

That every time you commit a crime

It’s probably worse than the illegalities

Being committed right inside