Roy Arthur Ashburn
Rosy, robust, brash.
A bush burns.
A host toast you, hurt you, burn you, bury you.
AS YOU BURY YOUR STORY, SO YOU HURT US.
Nosy, nuts, rash. A snot.
An author turns out a short trashy story as art.
Burns brush, burns trash, burns you, burns us.
Sort out a boy, a runt.
A boy, a sort.
As a boy hurts, a boy turns to boy-toys to rub, to rut, to burst out.
As a story outs, Roy’s art, Roy’s run turns to rust.
As a snot snub you, you snub a snot.
Bust a brat, out a brat, oust a brat.
A star burns out.
Burn a short story as rot.
ROAST A RAT.