in the forest that was a forest but is now a paved out lot in which they film car commercials

 

in the forest that was a forest but is now a paved out lot in which they film car commercials

 

in the forest that was a forest but is now

a paved out lot in which they film car commercials

 

the squirrels of what we once were together

stand around idling

because they can’t get a car loan

because all their credit’s been shot

 

and taxidermy’d

and then sloppily mounted

on the wall

 

in some big fuck’s office

who’s farts smell like sunscreen

when he’s lying

 

and he’s always lying

with his mouth, lying

while his ass drones on

about the hazardous effects

of the sun

 

and then eventually

he walks out

into actual sunlight

 

to film another goddamn car commercial

 

in a paved out lot

that used to be a forest

 

where cement falls in love

with piles of that grey shit

that gets scratched off unlucky

lottery tickets

 

and all the squirrels

miss

their bus