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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Punishment should always be relevant to the crime and that’s what this poem calls for.

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Martin Mc Carthy's avatar

Suggestion: "Why don't IHOP Management prosecute Trump for vandalising the world? And do it to "the full extent". See where they get with that.

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

I agree 100% with that Martin. But I have begun to call him Teflon Don as I recall there was someone named Teflon Don a mafia criminal years ago. I think the title fits, the idiot in charge. Sorry I couldn’t hold back.

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Broo's avatar

IHOP, can't stop!, we all hop -- & don't cop to the bebop....!

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R.V. Hughes's avatar

Naughty but nice stuff!

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

"And you will wish you had never

been born to vandalize

our goddam restrooms, mister.

Do you get it? When we say

“the full extent” we mean

the goddam fullest fucking extent!"

Oh my gosh, that was the best laugh. I can't stop smiling.

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Graeme Outerbridge's avatar

of the LAW^^

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Brilliant fun! The tone reminds me of Tony Hoagland, one of my favorites.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Hoagland is fantastic!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

One of the BEST!

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

I swear I will never vandalize a iHop bathroom! Ever!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Sequel: "If you are caught making poems out of our signage ..."

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Ronald Drimmel's avatar

You forgot to mention having to drink the left-over coffee, tepid not hot.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

That's a perk!

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The Recursivist's avatar

Enjoyed this. Next level performance art via annotation.

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Michael Herzog's avatar

Ha ha ha. Love it

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