Racing Stripes

i need

to catch your attention

trap your heart

and bind your soul

in less than three whole minutes

i need your compliance

for maybe

a minute more

and your attention

for a bit less

i need to state my case

show my face

obscure my place

and start this race

and at the same time

stripes for racing

stripes for pacing

striped from facing

striped for a placing

RACE...

like an ad lib backstory

made up entirely

on the spot

like a real horny salmon

up those rapids

like a rat

up a drainpipe

like an umbrella salesman

caught in a city blizzard

a maelstrom of ice and rain

and wet cashed up commuters

like a grand prix driver

like a deep sea diver

like a seedy skiver

like a piledriver

all wacked up

all jacked up

all smacked up

on Viagra

and CIA amphetamines

hard, horny and on hold