a performed poem for radio

by Sam Markewich

William: Sweet...like...glue. Collect yourself right now. You, and you, alone. A loan? Where do you live?

Adam: Sweet, like glued to your T.V. , you read the cue card...

Rick: It's Monday.

William: Sweet..like...

Sam: My back is my back is killing my back is is killing my...

Adam: Gooood morning.

Rick: Hel-lo.

William: Two bags under your eyes today. Today is Monday. This election's k...

Rick: How much does Kirc W. Kline weigh plural sling user?

Sam: Shoulders, Elbows, Knuckles, Knees, Spine, Forearm...

Rick: Just sorting through it all could take Contributions, advertisements, contributions, advertisements, contributions, advertisements, tough, advertisements, on, knuckles, advertisements, contributions, crime, Cable, Shoulders, T.V., tough on, knees, education, advertisements, contributions, spines -- Just sorting through it could take...

William: Buy in bulk so you can...

Sam: Deliver...

William: Official prize information inside...Rick Winkle, you may already have won 5,000,001 dollars!

Adam: Official prize information inside...Laurel Prussing, you may already have won 4,867,321 dollars!

Rick: Maaaiil Maaann.

Sam: Tongue in cheek

Sweet with glue

Who gets what?

Your tongue, in check, won't ask unless you get a postcard that tells you, which of course you won't, since, If he or she sent you one she or he would be fired and retroactively wouldn't be able to afford the bulk rate postage.

William: Your check, in check, envelopes your tongue.

Adam: ...which I sort through later, when I get home and find...

Rick: Rick Winkle is tough on backs, shoulders, knuckles...

Adam: Laurel Prussing is for more knee injuries, arthritic pain in the forearm and hip, and elbow...

William: What do you do?

Sam: I weigh seventy pound bags of mail. No bag of mail can weigh more than seventy pounds, but two bags of mail can weigh up to twice that much when combined with three bags of mail can weigh up to two-hundred and thirty pounds. Three bags of mail hold mail for about six-humdred students per day per October through November 8th. One dormitory holds mail for about six-hundred students.

Rick: A vote for voting is a bussiness reply mailing to buy in bulk rate postage a reply but no retort, three bags of mail which you don't have to deliver, but which will deliver nothing in return but a rubber stamp, a glue factory and three bags of glutted paper.