Gavriel Dorota - 2024 Aug 23rd

In memory of Cosmo Orlando

set in good ol sowth philleh:

insistent on many oddities

mostly the loopholes torn

into law-couch by cat scratch

mark his territory with tag.

circling 7-11 back parking lot

where drug deals always go down

cold handshakes with slurpees.

except you, cosmo orlando,

the name your hippie parents gave,

on that expensive messenger bike

brand name wheatpasted over.

he’s yelling, yelling, ‘just toss et!

toss et! cops can’t cawl et an

exchange ef our hands don’t touch.’

maaaan stop drawing attention so much.

this loophole will be readily stitched shut.