Succulents Sustained

Unwilling to verify whether or not

the experiment's been performed

since science has been bastardized

and the Internet's been hijacked

I'd wager what's left

of a poorly squandered soul

that if most indoor houseplants 

were only watered when it rains

the majority would survive.

The laws of mortality

transcend manmade labels

of flora and fauna:

We get what we need

on a schedule outside

our control.

Snubbing Dostoevsky

I bet Bukowski was better in bed

and Hemingway was more fun at the bar.

I'd kill to converse like Vonnegut

and speak of the dead like McCarthy

all while laughing in the face 

of Satan a la King.

Here's to having heroes

in a jaded age of frauds.