Terms of Endearment

"Dead Ass" comes to mind
as in the case of fourteen year old
boys down at Freeman Street Park
named Pillsy, Buddy, and Pinhead

when you want to mooch a butt
as in "Hey, Dead Ass, get off your butt
and gimme one of your Camels"
even when there are only four left

after a game of b-ball,
two on two, point a basket,
in a dead ass hot summer sun
when August makes your high tops stink.

Thank God Witkowski ain't here.
Dead ass just stands there, six foot three,
arms outstretched, thank God he's a klutz,
so easy to take the b-ball away.

Dumb ass is also acceptable
only if you're outta butts,
but it doesn't mean I luv ya, Man,
as much as dead ass does.