A Variation On the State of Hate of Affairs

The problem with hate: not enough syllables
to describe how passionately
one can feel when about to vomit and explode
Cellularly

Better suited:
fuming, livid, combustible

Hate is a blanket
Keeping stress warm
awetblankey
thatsbeenrunthroughastickerbush

Tension: now involved in minutiae
sex, food, exercise, travel, general health, local transportation, family, holidays, time sitting, time standing, proximity to others, safety, honor, creativity, love, pets, laundry, dishwashing, deck maintenance, insurance, retirement, wardrobe, social interactions, alcoholism, age, ethnicity, children, lack of children, expenses, bills, desires, general economy of the United States, confusion about society, others' pain, others' feelings, others' pleasure, my mother, your mother, death of icons, new role models, path of music, Fellows of Poetry, experience, schooling, publishing, direction, connection with a god, any god

Current concerns:
Scarlett Johansson, Barack Obama and something about emails
Yankees, Mets and subway series
Financier, teens, sexual escapades and jail

Current plans to travel away from the home I am now financially bound to and binded by: none

Current state of the economy: extremely scared, wounded, wincing, retreated, cavalier

Current state of the environment: ignored, eruptuous, exploited, tamed, combustible, alone

Current state of my ass on a cushioned bench seat: sitting

Current state of Chuck Palahniuk: probably touring Snuff; however, no statements to be held as fact and author denies liability for any misgivings that may or may not be taken outside of the context of this poem

Current state of sandals: Gladiator for the ladies

Current state of footwear in general: shoddy, lacklustre, generic, flashy

Current state of this poem: over
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7.2.08

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