Wednesday, January 6, 2010

ADVENTURES OF THE SPECK 2 A SERIAL POEM BY HAFJAK DIVIZ



ADVENTURES OF THE SPECK

ME


LIKE I SAID
THE NAME IS TATE TYNEE
TYNEE IS FRENCH
PRONOUNCED TIN NAY
BUT WHEN SPOKEN BY THE COKE AND HAMBURGER CAKED
AMERICAN TONGUE
SOUNDS LIKE

TINY

JUST PERFECT FOR A SHRINKING MAN RIGHT
THE LAUGHS NEVER END WITH THE SPECKTATER

TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL
IM 37
I LOOK LIKE A PAUNCHY JIM JARMUSCH
AND ACT LIKE A CAFFED UP JEFF GOLDBLUM

LIKE I SAID IN THE LAST ENTRY
IM A COUCH POTATO
SO I COMPARE EVERYTHING TO MOVIES AND TV

SO JARMUSCH AND GOLDBLUM
THATS ME
ALL LANKY AND BOOKISH
TOPPED WITH THICK LIPS AND WHITE HAIR
PRETTY MUCH
I COME OFF LIKE AN ENTHUSIASTIC SCIENCE TEACHER
I EVEN WEAR A LONG WHITE LAB COAT

THE LAB COAT COVERS MY REAL CLOTHES

WHEN SHRUNK
I DO A LOT OF CLIMBING RUNNING AND JUMPING
SO UNDER MY WHITE LAB COAT
I DRESS LIKE A BIKER CROSSED WITH A MINER
I WEAR CLOTHING THATS TOUGH AND PROTECTIVE
YET LIGHT ENOUGH FOR ME TO RUN IN
LEATHER JACKETS GLOVES
COMBAT BOOTS
ARMY SURPLUS PANTS WITH BONUS POCKETS
ALL COLORED DIRT BROWN DUST GREY AND SPECK BLACK

THESE CLOTHES HELP ME SURVIVE WHEN IM SHRUNK DOWN
THE COLORS FADE INTO ANY ENVIRONMENT
THEIR TOUGHNESS PROTECTS MY UNSCALED UNFURRED SKIN

WHAT REALLY SELLS THE BIKER MINER THING
IS THE HELMET
I DONT WEAR IT WHEN IM LARGE

I SORT OF AUGMENTED AN ARMY HELMET
WITH HEADLIGHTS
AND DIRT BIKE HEADGEAR PIECES
TO MAKE A COMFY MULTIFUNCTIONAL
HEAD PROTECTION UNIT

BENEATH MY SPECK HELMET ARE MY GLASSES

YEAH I WEAR GLASSES

THEY RARELY FALL OFF
NO MATTER HOW HARD I GET KNOCKED AROUND WHEN SHRUNK

AND I COULDNT HELP MYSELF
I WEAR THESE T SHIRTS
I HAD THEM MADE SPECIAL
THEY COME IN DIFFERENT COLORS
BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE MY LOGO ON THEM

MY LOGO IS A MAN
A SYMBOL OF A MAN
LIKE ON YELLOW DIAMOND PEDESTRIAN SIGNS
HIS ARMS ARE UPRAISED
HIS BODY CURVES DOWN IN THE SHAPE OF AN S
THE S NARROWS AND THINS DOWN TO A POINT
BENEATH THAT POINT IS A DOT

A SPECK

IM NOT THAT SUPERPOWERED OR SUPERHEROIC
BUT I CAN HAVE A LOGO RIGHT

ENRON HAD A LOGO

I HAD BUSINESS CARDS PRINTED UP TOO


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