it’s rank it cranks you up
crash you’re fracked you suck
shucks you’re wack you be
all you cracked up to be
dead on arrival
overdosed on whatever
excess of hate and love
I sleep alone
if you were there
then please come in
tell me what’s good
think up something
psychic sidekick
gimme a pigfoot
show me my lifeline
read me my rights
Grade levels
10-12 / Sec. 4 & 5 / CEGEP 1
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Harryette Mullen, “it’s rank, it cranks you up” from Recyclopedia: Trimmings, S*PeRM**K*T, Muse and Drudge. Copyright © 2006 by Harryette Mullen. Reprinted by permission of Graywolf Press, https://www.graywolfpress.org
Source: Recyclopedia: Trimmings, S*PeRM**K*T, Muse and Drudge (Graywolf Press, 2006)