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Jocose Solemnity

by @tommy-johnson

The Patron Saint of Saturday morning cartoons  and The Patriot have died They've died from patron-hate We've come to pay our respects and show our patronage We give the quarters we hid behind our ears for all these years People go up to their friend, The Saving Grace Saying, "I'm sorry for your loss" And she deadpan replies, "Why? Did you do it?" She was funny like that All the people coming out of the woodwork Who knew it was just a matter of time for these two to finally kick the bucket No bones about it It's just the luck of the draw All the mourners come to talk about the two stiffs in the coffins "IT WAS MY FAULT I WASN'T THERE!" cried The Merchant "Don't be so hard on yourself" I said trying to comfort him But I knew in the back of my mind that this guy was reading off cue cards and had such a hard-on for himself Matter of fact, this caterwauling fool knocked everything The Patron Saint of Saturday morning cartoons stood for with out even trying to understand "No taxation with out representation gives one a bad reputation" The Patriot loved drawing baths, stipple dotting, still lives Always paid out of pocket for the supplies The best piece of advice he had given me was "Cheesy stereotypes are just truths that were left out to age and gain a powerful smell we try to avoid because we can never face it" The Signer and The Co-Signer went off on a tangent in the middle of the whole thing, I think they were having a war flashback or something "Metaphorical formalities Formulaic manic depressive Compulsive obsessive Metaphysical Fairly impressive!" These two were friends of The Patriot during his times at The O.K. Corral They we're buried in Potter's field The only two headstones in the whole place The Patron Saint's read, "Stick & stones may break my bones but boards don't hit back" And the Patriot's read, "Write me up, write me off, write this down, right on" -Tommy Johnson
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Jan 13, 2015
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