there are a thousand things wrong with this picture
name as many as you can

I
the man in beads is pretending he still loves the girl on his lap

II
the parrot has flown away

III
the woman speaking latin is greek

IV
the ivy is wilted

V
there is a gas leak and
the many cigarettes
have not ignited it

VI
And
nobody likes the music

vii
AND
the lesbian will have sex with a man tonight
(“just checking”)

vix
and
the fox did not escape the dogs

and
the man from the CIA uses outdated slang

and
the woman wishes she had worn more clothes

and he cheated on his income tax

and her mother never loved her

and he used to hit his dog

and she lacks the slightest shred
of human feeling

and the tape is overdue

and who uses tapes anymore anyway
I mean who even does that

I mean it is not the stone age

and her blood type is not A+

and the ghost is haunting the wrong mirror

and they are drinking tea

and this is America
a coffee nation

and Jazz is dead

and God is dead

and Nietzsche is dead

and she has not eaten in a week
but she's still fat

and she sees it

and he is still sober

and her cancer will not be diagnosed in time

and the simile
has been described as a metaphor

and Dracula is dead

and bats are misunderstood

and there is an earwig in her ear
but that doesn't really happen,
right?
it's just an urban legend

and I hear if she pours oil in there
it will come right out

and the redhead is laughing
at a somber song

and there is too much paprika
on the deviled eggs

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and nothing is new in the world