by Richard Meltzer

Jazz doesn't have to swing
and rock doesn't have to rock
and religion has next to nothing to do
with God

who what which
is at most just one of the goddamn
props
thru which we have
so-called religious experiences

The beer I mop up with a sleeve
before the barmaid gets there with a rag
because my copy of the rare & unlistenable
"Muhammad Ali vs. Mr. Tooth Decay" is in jeopardy
in the southeast corner of the Jolly Inn (5/29/04)
is 'cause:

(he's thinking)

I mop it 'cuz
I am a bourgeois simp
and worse