all-american

don your ranchin’ hats
& egos big as texas
clacky bone spur clack
red white & blue howdy do
how proud your mamas

shoot from the hip, boys
show ’em loud how real man does
ding them plank & nuts
dominate with all-day wood
how proud your mamas

the sick & the dead
yee’all off your goddam heads
the sick & the dead
rootin’ tootin’ off the ledge
how proud your mamas

wear them freedom sores
bear each one with conviction
yell & discognate
boycott thems transgender mice
how proud your mamas

all shart of the deal
quake that emo veepee couch
fellute the muskrat
kiss his orange anal ring
how proud your mamas

the sick & the dead
yee’all off your goddam heads
the sick & the dead
rootin’ tootin’ off the ledge
how proud your mamas

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025

vernal whistlestop

hey there, whistle pig
jumpin’ at your own shadow
i heard loose chatter
’bout the oracle of spring
surmisals of what you are

are you really tho’
in a world that is burning
the end at our door

hey there, whistle pig
time & season frock to you
like sacred vestments
as dictum starved rootle minds
shuttle past the hot black tar

what will you augur
in a world full of burning
the end at our door

hey there, whistle pig
when have you ever been right
flowers wilt in march
forsooth a burning april
‘neath the californian stars

have you e’er been real
in a world black with burning
the end at our door

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025