The Poetry of
Michael G. Khmelnitsky

To be accompanied by finger snaps—the more, the merrier.

okinawa is full of cats
okinawa is full of cats
   and not jazz cats
        not alley cats
            not coooool cats          no no


i burst into your basements
  with an alliterative yawp
i burst into your basements
  with an alliterative yawp


i tell you to be true
i tell you to be false
i show you how to dance
  up the laminated walls


i tell you to be callous
  with my omnipotent phallus
i tell you to be callous
  with my omnipotent phallus


i paint you a picture
of colour and light
and when i break your heart
  you know i am right


okinawa is full of hats
okinawa is full of hats
   and not baseball hats
        not top hats
            not foooool hats          no no