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our acting troupe was called the Esteem Machine
we performed comedic and dramatic skits
about suicide/sex/birth control/abortion
in various schools and churches
one full moon morning
we were carpooling from Midland to San Antonio and Houston
for a bunch of different gigs
jackrabbits were running all over
the desolate West Texas roads
I cringed as the van drove over countless rabbits
loudly crunching their small bones
a dork named Jacob
the son of a Unitarian minister
kept crying out with unrestrained glee, "That's ten points! That's twenty
points!"
the bigger the bump, the greater the points
a lot of Esteem Machine members told Jacob to shut his stupid mouth
I think if the casualties had been people
instead of jackrabbits
we could have enjoyed the game
a helluva lot more
chum bucket on cell phone! 500 points!
idiot blasting Paris Hilton on the stereo!
1,000 points!
pregnant fourteen-year-old pushing her first baby
in a stroller toward the welfare office!
3,000 points!
...makes me chuckle just thinking about it
as I sit in traffic
cursing every shitcaked asshole
ever born

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Misti Rainwater-Lites writes a lot of poems and blogs and the occasional short story and novel. Her poems have been published in various online and print zines such as Zygote in my Coffee, Poesy, Cliterature Journal and Nerve House. Misti is also the editor and publisher of a print pornographic poetry zine called Instant Pussy.

posted 05.28.07.

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