I could never imagine...

within wildest dreams of mine
(a side affect from
one or more
of the nine prescription medications
taken to alleviate -
ameliorate if you will be so kind
as to let me brandish and bolster
with superfluous prolix -
to accentuate predilection
with being a logophile,
whose pre and post adolescence,
young and emerging adulthood,
and now seniority as a baby boomer
witnessed yours truly sequestered
with reading material
and of course all the so called classics
versus experiencing socialization
as a teenager and exiting
my twenties, thirties,
forties and fifties,
and more than halfway
thru sixth decade,
where mein kampf whiled away
with me button nose
nestled in a book
at the expense
of testing the dating scene
as a geeky lad,
and inadvertently stunting
natural propensity to gather
me rose buds while I may,
but such schizoid
personality diagnosis necessary
to qualify for social security disability
linkedin to the above reason
pharmacological ingestible materials approved
courtesy psychiatrist or nurse practitioner
to help a sexagenarian cope
with the trials and tribulations
of an uncertain webbed wide world
in addition to suggesting
powder milk biscuits
supplemented with diet of worms (just kidding)
to give his once very shy person
to get up and do what needs doing.
that within purported
land of milk and honey,
one man made
food apocalypse would trigger
flood of donnybrook,
where soothsayers ordained
dark shadows would descend
analogous to eternal edge of night
after espying total eclipse of the sun
where horse that Carly Simon
sung about within the song
You're so vain naturally won
riding off into the sunset
extending within outsize
zona pellucida where outer limits
of twilight zone harbored forebodings.

Crème de la crème pet food
will become a hot commodity...
as EBT slated to come
to a screeching halt on November 1, 2025.

Courtesy government shutdown
will find Homo sapiens
bowled over in sheer distress
barking bonafide orders
at one another
out of sheer rage at the machine.

Dumpster diving donned
with state of the art innovated trappings
courtesy savvy entrepreneurs
issuing wetsuits and headgear
while general public stomachs grumbling,
and take charge on horseback
spur of the moment comandantes
trumpeting against commander in chief,
who anticipated desperate
subsequently unleashing
formidable law enforcement
in tandem with the military
will become a family affair
with creative ploys
despite razor and barb wire
strung around perimeter
with a phalanx
of arm guards and police dogs
with batons and
hackles raised respectively,
their voluminous body language
speaking verboten or else...
prohibitive signs nsync
with surveillance cameras posted
to forewarn trespassers,
who feign obliviousness,
nevertheless to remind
brazen lawbreakers to beware
of violations if ignored
will be arrested
and prosecuted on the spot
at least while imprisoned
guaranteed three square meals a day.
Another benefit of occupying
cell b44 constitutes no need
to pay rent, nor worry
about costs of living,
yup even unlimited
wireless internet coverage included,
yet the space a bit cramped
livingsocial with the wife,
who pledged her troth
approximately thirty years ago,
and the warden
brings us a cake every year
to demarcate and celebrate
our wedding anniversary.