the price is right

(the james t. selkirk tredition)

in terragametio bong-sandals
the ancient venetian pirates
inspect the washer and dryer combo
set up like whimpering slaves
upon the bidding platform

one contestant yells out
spasmodically:
EVERY GUN IS CICERO!

"Every slumgullion
wheys its curd,"
chortles out the host
wearing his best
unity cola
bounced up
with drake-head
trojan ram-horse
engine-emblems

"and in more supercilious
cans of pressurized air
these pen salesmen claimed
all products
were each:
'the night and the cord'"

"dante drives an suv
called 'the utopian owl leopard'
to the studio
of audiences
manufacturing consent
is an island where
robinson 'teddy' cruz
lives in an insane revery
cackling over and over:
'the map is knot the horrortary!'"