Hunter Green

23rdOct. × ’09

To camouflage:
1. a strong desire;
2. a survival instinct, part of evolution
straighten your hair, wear
polka dots (when popular)
go retro
on occasion.

If you find you blend too much in
do not give up,
instead panic. Forever more,
change your clothes
at least five times
before leaving the house—leaving a mess
Is the first step
In self-destructive behavior.

While out, have enough drinks
to stop thinking
about your camouflage, or lack thereof.

Do not speak passionately about your ideals
(you may make others feel bad, or you may seem insincere—
you must have a motive behind your effusiveness—
worse yet you set yourself up for failure,
people may retaliate by competing,
ratcheting up the anti,
leading you to lie about your own greatness,
or cry in a single stall bathroom).

Quick get home before you trip
on the fault in the sidewalk.
Remove your clothes,
the sheet’s camouflage will protect you.

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