LET’S HAVE NO ROMAN SOLDIERS
WEARING ROLEX WATCHES
NO GUNSLINGERS IN POLO
COUNTING UP THEIR NOTCHES
NO ALCHOHOLOGRAPHIC
STAR WAR STORMTROOPERS
VEERING RIGHT THEN LEFT IN TRAFFIC
LET’S HAVE NO MORE BLEEPED-OUT BLOOPERS
NOW YOU’VE MADE EVERYTHING FIT
AND FOLLOW IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE YOU’VE TAKEN NOTE OF IT
MY CONTINUITY GIRL
LET’S HAVE NO BENGAL TIGERS
ON THE RUSSIAN TAIGA
NO QUEEN BOUDICCA
CRASH-TESTING A QUADRIGA
NO GENNAPOLEONIC
OFFICERS PEREMT-
ORILY ORDERING GINS AND TONIC
ONE SHOT FULL THE NEXT SHOT EMPTY
NOW YOU’VE MADE EVERYTHING FIT
AND FOLLOW IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE YOU’VE TAKEN NOTE OF IT
MY CONTINUITY GIRL
TILL YOU FAILED TO RECONCILE
THE CREDIT CARD RECEIPT
FROM THE HOTEL IN DULUTH
WITH YOUR CLAIM TO BE AT YOUR MOTHER’S SIDE
DOWN IN LADY LAKE
NOW I HAVE YOU ON FILE
AS A TWO-TIMING CHEAT
JUST LOOK HOW YOU TWIST THE TRUTH
HOW MUCH PRESSURE YOU’VE APPLIED
AS YOU’VE TRIED TO MAKE
EVERYTHING FIT
AND FOLLOW IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE YOU’VE TAKEN NOTE OF IT
MY CONTINUITY GIRL
SO LET’S HAVE NO ROMAN SOLDIERS
WEARING ROLEX WATCHES
NO JESSE JACKSON JUNIORS
GRABBING AT THEIR CROTCHES
NO MOGHULLIGATAWNY
SERVED AS FIREWATER
TO THE PAWNEE OR THE SHAWNEE
AS THEY’RE BEING LED TO SLAUGHTER
NOW YOU’VE MADE EVERYTHING FIT
AND FOLLOW IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE YOU’VE TAKEN NOTE OF IT
MY CONTINUITY GIRL
Copyright © 2009 by Paul Muldoon.