Poem of the Week

By Tom Miller 09/17/98

Premiered at Common Grounds Coffee House - Gainesville, Florida

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the wizard of oz on ice

 

 

they were good

looking boys

 

lovely like the moment

gray kansas turned

the color of munchkin land

 

they watched the drag queen

lady pearl

 

more good witch

than the good witch

could ever hope to be

 

more bad witch

than the witch of the west

could ever dream of

 

it was wet & wild night

at the university club

 

the contestants would

dance in their

underwear and bras

 

pearl would throw

cold water on them

so you could see

 

the erect nipples

the tiny shriveled cocks

wiggle

 

we were all

drunk

 

wednesday night

in the emerald city

 

intoxicated

in the poppy fields

 

flying monkeys

watching from the balcony

 

the boys were

lovely

 

"these boys

are in the wizard of oz

on ice,"

 

pearl said

 

the wizard of oz

had come to town

 

and i imagined

mothers and daughters

enjoying the performance

 

fathers and sons

laughing together

living an american life

 

watching Dorothy

glide

across the yellow brick road

 

never guessing

the actors were

 

here

 

enjoying

penis in wet underwear

or

cleavage beneath

watered down T-shirts

 

never imagining

their wizard of oz was

behind the curtain

at the gay bar

 

with a drag queen

and a strip show

 

maybe it's better

we never find out

the wizard of oz is human

 

that oz is a movie

 

and kansas is in

the university club

on wednesday nights

 

with lady pearl

in her ruby red

high heeled slippers

 

never

clicked together

 

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