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J. Oscar Franzen: Did You Hear About Some Woman With    an Ear Growing in her Arm?

February 5, 2015 by PBQ

I heard she’s preggers, and the baby ear got tablesawed by tortilla chip fragments.
Ear got into the bloodstream somehow.
Ended up elbowside.
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No, she’s a mule trafficking in Ecuadorian ears.
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Wrong-o.  I heard the boyfriend dryhumped her elbow.
Little swimmers got into her skin pores.
Months later, an arm baby.
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You’re way off.  Finnish organ thieves.  That’s their MO.
Specialty brokers.
Coolers and coolers of ears on ice.
Helicoptered in from Helsinki.
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Negatron.  It’s the ear of J-Chris, the hip-hop Godson.
Shroud of Turin the sequel, bitches.
Reminder to us VIP thumpers to keep bassing out the boom-ass.

Filed Under: Contributors 91, Issue 91, Poetry, Poetry 91 Tagged With: Contributors 91, J. Oscar Franzen, Poetry, Poetry 91

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