Condo - Conda: More Morbid Musings

By Kelly A. Jacob

CONDO-CONDA is Kelly Jacob's latest assault upon the pantheon of poetry. Fans of blithe flowers-and-birds verse are sure to be grievously disappointed by Jacob's black-humored quatrains, whose razor-edged syllables hack deep into the heart of Hallmark sentimentality. Jacob's words are laser-aimed poetic smart-bombs capable of destroying legions of Ann Morrow Lindberghs with a single quatrain, loaded with more wit than a full season of sitcom programming and enough honesty to choke a boxcar-load of small press magazine editors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 18, 2004
• ISBN: 9781462840564

Kelly A. Jacob

KELLY A. JACOB LIVES AND WORKS IN MICHIGAN, WHERE HER HOBBIES INCLUDE PAINTING, WATCHING MOVIES, AND TENDING HER GARDEN OF GRUDGES.

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CONDO-CONDA

More Morbid Musings

Kelly A. Jacob

Copyright ©2003 by Kelly A. Jacob.

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CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

1. NIGHT OF WEDNESDAY, 5-09-01

2. MARILYN

3. WHERE I’M AT

4. WHO SAID SLEEP WAS REFRESHING?

5. CONDO-CONDA

6. KILL YOUR FANTASIES (BEFORE THEY KILL YOU)

7. HORATIO ALGER AND MY LIFE’S DEEPER MEANING

8. GOODBYE TO ALL THAT

9. WE WENT ON-LINE

10. YOU DON’T KNOW

11. A THUG CALLED YESTERDAY

12. ONE CAN’T IGNORE THE LITTLE THINGS

13. HORROR AT THE DOG HOSPITAL

14. SATELLITE TEARS

15. BEAUTY HEAD

16. A REJECTED POEM

17. THE ACCEPTED REWRITE: SIMPLE PLEASURES

18. STEP LIGHT, LADY

19. A RATHER LARGE DISPARITY

20. I TELL YOU, THERE ARE NO BISEXUALS!

21. WHEN AT ART SCHOOL

22. RAGE’S RED DOOR

23. A STRANGE AFFLICTION

24. LORD MORLEY’S BOOTS

25. TELEVISION DAYS

26. MONDAY’S MALICE

27. CYBORG

28. HARMLESS FLIRT

29. COLD HEART TRAVELS

30. DECEMBER

31. POWER OVER PEOPLE

32. HERE’S YOUR BIG NOTHING

33. INFESTED

34. CURSE YOUR EX-BOSS!

35. WHEN THE WORKING POOR WORK NO MORE

36. A FUN SHOW-TUNE!

37. I DON’T MISS ANY OF IT

38. DEPRESSION/DEMILITARIZED ZONE

39. SELFISH

40. SEPARATED FROM YOU

41. SLAVESHIP PATRIOTISM

42. WHO ARE WE NOW?

43. WHORES TO ME NOW

44. DEATH AND THE DAY-JOB

Dedicated to

Sarah Kalovits,

Bette Voytovich,

and Teri Cassar.

Triangula:

You’re just a third to her

PROLOGUE

She is asleep upon her downy web until she feels your gentle tug-tug. Along she then creeps, slowly and softly for there is no rush, with her there is plenty of time. She knows you are already trapped. At first, you are intrigued; the intricate art of her silken tapestry has fascinated and hypnotized you. No, you whisper, never have I seen such weavings and spinnings! Never have I felt so gloriously cocooned and yet