we get big laughs from callers
in jean overalls asking for money
when we tell them we call ourselves
some nights when we get lonely
just to make a few dollars
a minute goes by a few
seconds quicker

that’s why they laugh we are witty
imagine us with our eyelashes glued
together in prongs– yes we’ve had laser
surgery– yes we wish we had waited
until technically proficient surgeons
perfected living embalmment
just a few hours later