Bob Deane

Is it ever too much?
amidst this cult of mud
these kinds of plants grow back
in the new idiom
every year licking the faces
with ecstatic members
it is a matter of belief
it is a matter of play
to think Judge Judy is real
and dating shows
are the last vestige of western culture
to proclaim this, we invent crossed words
& dye our own vestments
for the funeral oration