Tommy-Bob
By
Paul Bass

Tommy-Bob was a little guy.
He wasn’t a performance artist
who likes to cut his own flesh on stage.
He went to church every
week and de didn’t
belong to a 12 Step beer drinker’s club.
He didn’t go to a strip joint
the night before his wedding.
He doesn’t have a pierced tongue
and his kids get disciplined
when they speak disrespectfully
to their mom.

He hasn’t had his dad put away
even though he’s really old.
He doesn’t dress up like Santa
and hand out condoms.
What an extremist.
What’s wrong with that man?