the crankypants chronicles

the wind howls
breaks through my windows
during unsocial hours
i’ll goddam sue the wind

what a fucking ruckus
what a fucking mess
glass in my goddam feet
sue you up and down the street

and you, street lantern
don’t wink your light at me
cos i’ll goddam sue you too
as the wind’s accomplice

shady fucking trees
waving so innocently
you too, goddam mongrel
pissing there like i don’t see

and you, crack in pavement
making me jump every day
to step on you’s bad juju
don’t make me superstitious

i hate you, fucking moon
dumbly hanging there
and i’ll goddam sue the air
for clogging up my lungs

i turn my face to the sky
howl like a werewolf
you too, goddam universe
what the hell am i doing here?

and you, fucking neighbour
i’ll goddam sue your baseball bat
and the subpoena in my mailbox
for my howling during unsocial hours

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
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