EPITHALAMION FOR OUTLAWS: ACE HIPORST
for Sara Nicholson & C. Violet Eaton
THE STORY
X & B buy ug gun. X & B full n luv.
ACE WATCHES THE DAY THEY MEET
X yullz, Buy um muddy muddy mulx-n-juzz fuv yud mum—mummy luv, B’z mummy luv luv luv muddy muddy mulx-n-juzz. bud nug gun—nuw gunz fuddu luk fug gud luk—luky luky mulx-n-juzz—zummy bulby bums wud nud wun buk bud bugz uf muddy-muddy mulx-n-juzz. Fuxy vuyz yu gud.
Fuk my vuyz yu zummy kud. Juz mud ud dum nd buy mu zum nuw guns.
ACE WARNS X: B IS TROUBLE
X buzzd, Buddy flubbd. muddy muddy mulx-n-juzz! wud Buddy buy my guwn? U n flux. flux-fluxed bu dubbd—wuf? X uz lux blud. Wud Buddy buy my gun? Buddy uz “muddy muddy mulx-n-juzz.” jud wuk duwn. buy un gun. wuf? X gunny buy my bulb. fun, fun.
X—wud ug guy, wud ug guy, X buy ug bud, buy ug bud. wud u? funny guy, funny guy. Buddy buy ug gun. un buk! un buk? X & Y buy ug jug—jug uf muddy muddy mulx-n-juzz! u wud. Y, u gunny mulb my bulb. kull duwn: luv uf muddy muddy mulx-n-juzz!
ACE ASKS BUDDY
Buddy dudn’d zud bud Buddy luvd B. B fud Bunny—Bunny & X. X & Bunny.
Buddy dun mud yuf. Buddy nud lux. Wy X gud Bunny-wuf? Wy nud Buddy gud luky? Wy nud Buddy & Bunny? Buddy um dummy.
Buddy luk duk.
Buddy buy ug gun.
BUDDY TELLS ACE
X & B fund guld. Lufd wud ull du gunz & du guld.
Dummy dumn yung kud. Zummy dum lufd wud ull my bulbs.
BUNNY SAYS HI
Wu Bunny & X. Wu dub blunkz.
Wud zum muddy-muddy mulx-n-juzz?
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Meg Ronan is the author of the obligatory garnish argument ( 2014). Her poems have appeared in , , , , & other lovely journals. She works as a shop girl at Bridge Street Books in Washington, DC and tries to be like a good party.
