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JOE FARMER was a guest poet introduced by DIANE PAYNE
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JOE FARMER
Thirsty
I
The chemical composition of a pregnant woman's
amniotic fluid is exactly the same
as that of sea water.
When I cry
the lonesome tears of a man
who has never been to the ocean
II
I was never breast-fed,
therefore, I am always thirsty
My throat is parched and caked with phlegm
I cling to coke bottles,
breast-shaped canteens
But you just can't beat the real thing.
III
Christ said, "Whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never thirst, but
the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well
of water springing up into everlasting life."
That's what I ‘m talkin' about.
Living water, the kind you cannot bottle
at the Coca-Cola plant.
IV
It's funny, they have a name
for the jelly-like stuff in people's eyes
("Vitreous Humor," in case your wondering) but
when a women is enticed to the point of Le'petit Mort
and the bittersweet juices begin to flow
(rolling down her thighs and into my mouth)
a combination, mostly of mucous and urine
that holy fluid remains nameless.
V
Drink plenty of fluids, 8 glasses of water
a day is not enough
The really fun things to do in life are the things
that totally drain you
and dry, dry is bad:
dry rot, dry mouth, dry county my ass.
So it becomes then, or the utmost importance
that you always keep yourself hydrated.
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