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TWO POEMS by Jeff Bagato<br />
Egg Raid on Midtown<br />
flying too low<br />
over the proverbial<br />
henhouse in a biplane—<br />
raising cluck<br />
clucking of orgasmic<br />
panic—<br />
a TV-type impulse<br />
overtakes pilot cocker<br />
spaniel, a hound<br />
much known for his derring<br />
do, & his doo wop<br />
doo wop<br />
doo<br />
wop, cause<br />
of course<br />
he also sings<br />
& dances—<br />
now back to swooping<br />
down so low, an easy<br />
target as hens<br />
pelt him with rotten<br />
eggs his soft paws<br />
catch nice ‘n’ easy<br />
‘til he has several dozen—<br />
foul arsenal<br />
begging<br />
for a drop,<br />
which comes up quick<br />
in the first national bank he sees—<br />
an edifice of miming<br />
need, sessile<br />
in its own stink<br />
like cocking his leg on a<br />
holy hydrant he<br />
lets go all eggs at
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