Thunder Sandwich  #23

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Owen Roberts

Tequila!


I'm looking at this picture of Pee Wee Herman


it's his mugshot

and he's not wearing

the red lipstick, platform shoes, or the trademark tight grey suit


instead,

his hair is long

and

his face is somber (arrest will lead to that)


millions of children (and adults)

returned to Saturday morning television

just to watch Pee Wee

and there's been nothing offered quite the same since


a funny little man

caught masturbating

in the dark


a porn theatre

where they keep the lights down low

and stock plenty of tissue


men pay their money and play with themselves

and sometimes each other

the taxpayers paid detectives

to watch dirty movies

and arrest guys bothering

nobody but other than themselves


my grandfather went to the porno theatres

there used to be two of them

now only one remains,

the sign is falling apart

and you know it's only a matter of time


it's primo real estate

    and why waste primo real estate     

        on a porno theatre

    when we could easily

        throw up a Blockbuster or Starbucks

   we need $12 late charges for movies we never found time to watch

        and $5 specialty coffees


hell, let's tear down all the old bars and taverns

let's tear down all the sex shops

let's tear down all the art galleries

let's tear down all the roominghouses


we need more condos

we need more townhomes

we need more casinos


we need another McDonalds

more than we need that used bookshop


we need Oprah and we need Dr. Phil

we need mediocre TV shows and multi-screen movie houses


why have a $35 a night motel

when we can offer a $275,000 loft?


why pay 600 men and 300 ladies to do a job

    that requires benefits and minimum wage salaries.

        just send it out of country, out of mind

pay a Mexican or an Asian a dollar a day or less,

    to assemble jeans they will never be able to afford

"900 lost jobs.. that's not so bad!"  So says the man in the suit,

who believes himself to be needed,

                                    important


but


don't get too comfortable,

we must never get too comfortable


fall asleep

and you may never wake up


poor Pee Wee



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