La Luna!
La bella Luna!
Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Breakfast
Smooth glossy plate
round yellow pancake
sticky brown syrup
trembling ham hand
scattered jagged shards
round yellow pancake
sticky brown syrup
trembling ham hand
scattered jagged shards
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
On Clowns
I met two clowns this morning. They confided to me that they are part of a clown ministry. That is to say they spread the teachings of the Gospels through clown antics and pantomime. I said that this was the silliest thing I’ve ever heard. With knitted brows and clown fingers, they scolded me and proclaimed that I was a savage and in need of salvation. I told the two clowns not to incite me to rage. As I said this, I raised a hand to strike one of them. They froze in terror. But in that moment, I saw their clown splendor and magnificence and realized that I could not bring myself to hurt a clown. When they regained mobility, they turned to cross the street. But as they stepped from the curb, a large truck, hurtling faster than seemed possible, ran over the clowns.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Thursday, September 6, 2007
For the Croc Hunter
'Twas about one year ago that Steve Irwin found the business end of a stingray. I wrote this after I heard the news.
Crikey, mate,
the devil fish got his
fifteen minutes
Maybe he hates reality shows, too
Because you were reality
But not anymore
You "sleep with the fishes"
Says Sal Tessio
you know, the guy
who wanted to kill Michael Corleone
But you made fishes seem to like
You
They really didn’t know you
But they you swam talked snorted hissed
Until we wanted to be croc hunters too
Yet not—
The teeth and stuff made us want another drink
Too bad the crocs weren’t there
to see the devil fish so soft and smooth
Smooth as—
Something that is smooth
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Truth? Truthiness? Toothless?
Truth is a scruffy mountain he-goat.
You may find tufts of coarse hair
and splayed hoof prints
But the goat—
the goat is hard to see.
You may find tufts of coarse hair
and splayed hoof prints
But the goat—
the goat is hard to see.
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