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Amy Beeder
CAPTAIN HADDOCK VS. THE PTA
CAPTAIN HADDOCK VS. THE PTA
CAPTAIN HADDOCK VS. THE PTA
Bewildered Saint of the curse, bulbous& profane, I invoke you against this Nest
Of Lice & Vipers: O volcanic Captain, I implore you, pour
Your scorn upon these Borgias; before these Braggarts
Unfurl your thick invective, show your bullet head
Whiskey-pickled, weathered & pupilless, sweating
In a bantam rage, your sad-fish face a fist;
Ostrogothic versus the matrons
Voluble against the Vampire’s slander
Because I would never say Vivisectionist to her face
While you old Captain Fatstock, Hopscotch, Havoc
Denouncer of Bullies, Knitters & Bandits
Live to make the air around you frantic
To spill your black lake of Cannibal ink.
© 2009, Amy Beeder
From: Poetry, Vol. 194, No. 4, July/August
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
From: Poetry, Vol. 194, No. 4, July/August
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
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CAPTAIN HADDOCK VS. THE PTA
Bewildered Saint of the curse, bulbous& profane, I invoke you against this Nest
Of Lice & Vipers: O volcanic Captain, I implore you, pour
Your scorn upon these Borgias; before these Braggarts
Unfurl your thick invective, show your bullet head
Whiskey-pickled, weathered & pupilless, sweating
In a bantam rage, your sad-fish face a fist;
Ostrogothic versus the matrons
Voluble against the Vampire’s slander
Because I would never say Vivisectionist to her face
While you old Captain Fatstock, Hopscotch, Havoc
Denouncer of Bullies, Knitters & Bandits
Live to make the air around you frantic
To spill your black lake of Cannibal ink.
From: Poetry, Vol. 194, No. 4, July/August
CAPTAIN HADDOCK VS. THE PTA
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