a semblance of intricacy
the bliss of the beat of the beast
            a bygone concern
      misfortuitous
king to the keysdom

anomalous dataset
aestheticizing the anesthetic
            a spite house
      your anecdote of doting necking
an imprecise precis

finding your way
to the alternative reading
            the surmission of
      the capitalists-with-reservations
the legend of the immutable

that which I chose
to leave out to confound you
            the ever-elusive mastery of middle-age
      the last chance to make up your mind
as I believe you were unmade by make-believe

as you have, by now, been assaulted
by so many unnecessary myths
            divine right to fool around—
      hallowed by thy game:
the measure of success is Le Pétomane