Common Grant Application
About your organization
A mess we are
Raucous and unhinged, a nation
miscongruent, unaware
Peripheral nerve damage due to
diabetes, jaundice, amnesia
Distinct and disparate tea leaves
Enclosed in a permeable yet
unpenetrable sealant, alive and
activated, confused, unsettled
Need
Oh god
End this mendacious heehaw
Reconstructionist jigsaw, the landfill
is overflowing
massage, mindfulness, meditation
Not working
In desire of explosive power, non-renewable
blunderbuss, cannonball, earthquake
steroid injection, no anesthesia
Proposed plan
Request funds for armed insurrection
Guns, ammo, change of direction
Gleeful interaction, plan of action, Erase tool
in the fullest effect
Undeniable quench for
liquidation and renewal,
legality and morality of said
actions, questionable
When it’s time to stand down
pick up the pieces and go home
Evaluation
Post cataclysm reflection
Quantitative analysis of ruin
and rebuild, immaculate pondering
See where we’re at
Taser deduction, debt reduction
Managerial decimation, absence of
nationhood and homeland, a slew
of tendrils, new roots and blossoms
In closing, tantamount drawstring
Measure the weight loss and the
rendered fat, seasonings for a new
recipe, plant based and rich in nutrients
Without ambition, humble, grateful
undoubtedly raw
THE MOSSY BOG 