Cleanup Duty
By Nicholas De Marino
Ain’t a hangover. I’m stilllll
drunk. Huffing burnt ozone
from the portal and fresh Bigfoot
poop. I tee up the robo-scoop
and knock out the first two Vs:
Vacuum and Vaporize.
Not a bad ‘un. The forest, I mean.
Live trees. Pre-22nd century.
Turd’s a pain in the ass, though.
Chunks and bits’a hair and all.
Wonder if they know
we haveta clean up after ‘em.
They’re like house cats. All neurotic
and out of their element.
CRNNK — a few more Haze Pills, wait
for the third V: Vanish.
They say a job’s a job, but
this one’s literally shit.
Nicholas De Marino is an analog head swapper, furniture saboteur, and escaped content farm workhorse. He has several writing credits in bathroom stalls and a hopelessly indulgent column in foofaraw. ¡Viva SFPA y Codex! More at nicholasdemarino.blogspot.com.