Collin Colaizzi

Breakfast in the Park

August 01, 2020

PANASONIC PENCIL SHARPENER 
THE RABBIT NEEDS HIS PENCIL SHARPENED 
FOR HE HAS A STORY TO TELL 
BUT HE’S SHIT OUT OF LUCK 
LISTENING TO SAXOPHONE MUSIC 
ALL BY HIMSELF 
HE MISSES HIS DUET PARTNER AND SHE’LL NEVER HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO 
SAY.
THE FEMALE RABBIT’S STRUCK OUT 
ON HER OWN. SHE CAN’T 
LISTEN TO MUSIC ANYMORE 
MAKES HER LOSE TOO MUCH OF HER 
FOCUS AND IT HURTS AND SHE 
DOESN’T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT 
WHAT STARTED OUT SO HARMLESSLY 
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE 
SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE
WAY SHE TALKED. BUT IT ONLY LASTED 
A SHORT TIME – THE WAY 
HE IDOLIZED HER THOSE NIGHTS IN 
THE GARDEN – IN THE SPRING 
WHEN THE VEGETABLES STARTED 
TO GROW – THEIR SECRET LIFE 
WASN’T SOULFUL BUT IT 
WAS WHAT WAS RIGHT. DIAMONDS,
SHE LOVED HER DIAMONDS AND THEY’D-
HOP AROUND AND LOOK AT PICTURES OF 
THEM TOGETHER. PRETTY THINGS RESERVED 
FOR HUMANS. HE ADJUSTS THE 
BELT OF HIS PEACOAT AND OPENS 
UP HIS UMBRELLA. SHE TAKES HIS PAW. 
But it was all a Buñuel dream…

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