Archive for 2011
Permanent Press
drop that sweltering iron
Read MorePerchance
are you perchance a difficult person
Read MoreWest Bank Water
1. Jordan River river jordan flowing wide diverted west to sea south to desert leaving bed of roasted shit 2. Olive Trees occupied olive trees not already dead need a drink so do i and a shower and clean clothes i can’t have but am encouraged settlers grow much green grass 3. Giving don’t claim…
Read MoreUnusual Ladies
there was something quite unusual about those three sisters sitting on sofa long blonde hair distorted a bit but otherwise all right really they were quite fat a different kind of fat sort of gray or pink in not only bodies but faces i didn’t understand and decided not to ask when one said we’re…
Read MoreMayflower Thanksgiving
strange wooden white man ship bringing centuries bad thanksgivings happy god this time leaving us torpedoes
Read MoreGold Mining
miles underground it sleeps while men in saloons forget they have to mine and crush fifty tons ore before pumping particles into cyanide lake to realize but a sparkling ounce Source: Lecture by geologist Tim Elam at the Kern County Historical Society, November 19, 2011.
Read MoreFounding Fathers Peppered
tragic founding fathers lacked internet when signing declaration of independence or they’d have seen pepper sprayed in faces Source: A clever photo being emailed around.
Read MoreFrom Hungary to Hollywood with Actress and Filmmaker Klaudia Kovacs
On a cold and windy late afternoon in Tehachapi, as light mountain rain pricks my bare arms, I hustle inside Beekay Theater to see the annual Playwright’s Festival, nine ten-minute plays created, produced, directed, and acted by local talent. Ordinarily, Los Angeles induces theatrical binges but I’m intrigued by a newspaper paragraph noting “Bill and…
Read MoreWater Polo War
after russians trampled hungary in ‘fifty-six victims got better matchup in summer olympics red army entered water polo pool minus tanks and planes reports pool turned red exaggerated water only pink and hungary won this war four zip
Read MoreEmpty Boots
on massive foundation in budapest park great hungarian patriots erected me twenty-five feet high in bronze to celebrate seventieth birthday and thank for destroying nazis in few years without me imperialists threw steel ropes around neck burned legs with blow torches and pulled body down to desecrate face beneath empty boots To see the “Empty…
Read MoreFreeway Flow
another gridlocked nightmare on hot 405 south in santa monica mountains needing to pee late for work ready to drive on shoulder or in emergency lane must get hell out to civilized community would’ve imploded when whitecaps whooshed me through cloudy cold canyon flowing too fast to stop
Read MoreOne Nation
palestine and israel declare yourselves one nation and rejoice
Read MoreWired in Bed
cold night drunk in ‘eighties bar met chunky woman who showed some white powder we snorted in car at apartment she called woman who came sold more asked for hit and took three firing thousand words before leaving we burned noses and strained hearts couple hours before moving upstairs about two and were nonstop at…
Read MoreFrigid Blonde
beautiful young woman long blonde hair caressing cheeks and shoulders walked pensively through frozen park in albany maybe she’ll notice me teenager hoped and followed at distance in california cowboy boots worrying if he had nerve after sudden fall hard on frozen tailbone he realized wouldn’t have caught up anyway
Read MoreTaco Delight – Part 2
at party after son’s baptism host offered me taco i bit and chewed thinking this is worst i’ve ever had but maybe mistaken since tacos always good tried another bite and gagged before parting tortilla to see not ground beef but something like guts oozing white what’s this stuff cow brains host said you shoulda…
Read MoreChiseled Boxer
boxer chisels body to prepare brain for slaughter
Read MoreHerman Cain Explains
There’s liberal conspiracy by those who don’t want real independent black man to be president so claim I propositioned some ladies at restaurant conventions inviting them to my room where they’d have been lucky with charming rich rascal like me. I guarantee those women are lying or exaggerating I don’t recall which except settlements they…
Read MoreImmortal Bug
sleepless four a.m. bathroom bug smashed on wall morose five a.m. bathroom bug reincarnated on wall
Read MoreExecutive Prowess
executives eat wallow and dump in your face
Read MoreWall Street Bonus
This story is from the collection “Obama on Edge”
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