COYOTE IN PALM BEACH

Jim Cohn

Coyote stared at the bubbles
rising from his martini.
He started walking on a
trail from there

until he walked into
the polling station,
thinking it was
a whorehouse.

Suddenly in need of a toilet,
he entered a voting booth,
pulled down his pants,
and did his business.

Coyote burned a stick of incense
made from a piece of old shoelace,
thinking it would hide the stink.

Many ballots became soiled
by Coyote wiping his shit
over everything.

The voting officials became furious.
Soon, angry mobs stormed
the election headquarters.

Outside, Coyote took off
his asshole & threw it down
the sewer to clean it off.

When his asshole floated away
He chased it all the way
to the sea.

c.2001