I prefer not to exercise extra care
Though I admire Cronkite’s modulated disapproval
As he recited the DoD’s mendacious numbers
And I commend the Dragon Conner’s
Courtly mutuality in tongues Elvish Ewok or Klingon

I prefer to blunder through the kitty litter
Blust’ring iambickish pentamatroid
Blistered fingering of the electric guitar
A teeshirt and jeans over which laps
My balloonic oft-caressed belly

More Pollock than Seurat
More De Kooning than Pollock
More action than concept
Dirty diapers runny noses
And Pentheus torn limb from limb