What Ever Happened to That Oscar Myer Kid?
 
 
My baloney has a first name
 
It’s amphetamine/dextroamphetamine
 
My baloney has a second name
 
It’s escitalopram
 
Oh, I love to pop them everyday
 
And if you ask me why I’ll say
 
Prescription drugs they have a way
 
With m e l a n c h o l i a
 
P a r a n o i a
 
And b o l o g n a.
 
How’s that?

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Robert Minicucci recently came back to poetry; this is his first published piece since high school. He lives near Exeter, New Hampshire, with his family and Josie, a brindle rescue hound. He is also a marketing communications consultant who develops content—everything from blogs to articles, annual reports and press releases—for all kinds of healthcare companies great and small

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