Jeffrey McDaniel




Conditionals

If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen
If you can’t take the kitsch, stay out of the gift shop
If you can’t take the guillotine, stay out of the guilt
If you can’t take the guilt trip, stay out of the narrative
If you can’t take the narcissism, stay out of the mirror
If you can’t take the miracle, stay out of the mire
If you can’t take the mirage, stay out of the desert
If you can’t take the desecration, stay out of the bedroom
If you can’t take the bedlam, stay out of the pillbox
If you can’t take the pills, stay out of the plunder
If you can’t take the plunge, stay out of the chapel
If you can’t take the chatter of teeth, stay out of the freezer
If you can’t take the freestyle, stay out of the cipher
If you can’t take the sci-fi, stay out of the Spielberg
If you can’t take the spiel, stay out of the showroom
If you can’t take the shove, stay out of the accusation
If you can’t take the ache stay out of the land belonging to the heart.