Chessgame comes to checkmate
in a nickeleodeon by the stairs
Amputated hooker near the fire
can't afford a new pair

A minister of past tense
might have a pipe bomb
but it never mattered to jesus
of his second tour of vietnam

Dozen oysters on the half shell
served by ex-bapstist waitress
tonight she either practices sign language
or caresses eggs benedict carrier to wrist

Now and again
once in a blue moon
and every once and awhile
we mispredict