ABSURD POETRY
Peter’s Holy Salmon
At the Third Street Promenade

Peter is delusional — and carries a rubber fish down the Third Street Promenade after an imaginary trip through the rainforest, where he took a slow safari across the Black Lagoon
Peter stays in character, a much-maligned fishmonger, flouting his slippery salmon, caught off the Santa Monica pier, with a crucifix for a rod and reel
Peter is playing a pious man in the Stanislavski Method, auditioning for Jesus Christ Superstar — trying to prevent the evil hipsters from drinking too many cappuccinos and craft beers
But Peter will soon learn, the hipsters will do him a wrong turn — they are not fish to be caught, but faithful to Emperor Nero who owns a chain of coffeehouses and tools around in a self-driving Tesla
Peter flees the trendy scene in his tube socks and cutoff jeans with his salmon flapping away, fearing he’d get crucified upside down and lose his head if he stayed.
© 2022 Mark Tulin
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