wanted (dead or) alive
the neighbor put up a few signs
saying his boa constrictor
busted out of jail again
the sheriff deputized all the children
in a six block radius
saying do what it takes
to bring in the bastard
dead or alive
meanwhile
the neighbor was last spotted
in a fake mustache & beard
purchasing little white mice
at a nearby petco
these kinds of poems
never end well
& this one
doesn’t stand a chance in hell
april two thousand twenty-four
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