(for r. w. e.)

by Benjamin Perez

 two-stupid-white-chicks
sit behind me on the bus
talkin' on an' on an' on
'bout how in sen si tive
their two-stupid-white-boyfriends are

i look back at invisible braces
bitch fangs gnashin' thrash
an' stringy-bleached-blonde-betty-dos seasawin'
like those tacky foot-ball-player-dolls
with the spring necks
an' the oversized heads

one gotta sunburned nose
the other gotta big-o-herpy
on 'er thin-ass-upper-lip
both bein' reified GAP ads
actin' out scenes from their soap-opera-scripts

i look 'um straight in their green-contact-lens-eyes
an' say with bold - black - angry - inflection
rudolph, i suggest ya cut that jeremy fella loose
'cause if he's gunna fuck that skank julie
every time ya visit ma an' pa from boardin' school
then he's not worth the wind you've been blowin' for the past half hour

an' you, musty
if chad won't go down on ya
then shack-up with a fat-man
'cause portly sonsabitches love ta eat pussy
hell, they'll eat any-god-damn-thang

speechless
the two-stupid-white-chicks
drop their loony-toon-jaws
an' cease ta blink forever

the bus becomes silent
an old woman looks away
i turn around, leeean back
tip my hat ta the 40 winks position
an' smirk with the confidence
that i'm no invisible man