situation

I'm giving you a situation

How do you feel about that?
I hope you feel naked and depraved
for you are not wearing any clothes
your hair is in a bun
your jewelry thrown on your wrist
neither here nor there
you speak in riddles on the wall
facing the children walking down the mall
think till it wracks your brain
then think again, for I will be watching
you cut your hair and shave your sideburns
forget about the past and the future
those are selections for the sides
gnarl your teeth and mark your territory

who are you now?
then change it again
wonder if you could be what was before
she did a nice job on the haircut
i wonder what her name was
probably Florence
everything around here is named Florence
the cheese on your pizza
the bread on the table
Florence, Florence, Florence
got to get back to it all
to where it started so long ago

you will meet a man
he will have a suitcase and you will have a gun
just like a woman and a gun
the man also has a gun and it's pointed at you
what do you do? 
do you run or stay and fight?
you need that briefcase for it contains a plague
do you shoot him to save the world?
or does your mind go blank?
what the fuck do you do?

here's what you do:
you shoot in the air and run towards him
tackle him in the stomach
he can't breath because he smoked too many French cigarettes
the espresso is out of his system
you smack him in the face with the butt of your gun

"I wanna see the package"

you shoot near his head, deafening him

"I wanna see the goddamn package'

he opens the case with a ringing in his ear
it's what you want, what you looked for
a plague, in plastic, in liquid, it's clear
so you have the package, should you waste the old man?
you take the gun from his hand
the one at his ankle 
the one from his waist and the knife under his arm
should you do the unnecessary or let him lie there pissing his pants
you shoot him in the knee 
while walking like a winner with the merchandise

another successful situation

and that's how you make poppy seed cupcakes