Tuesday, October 23, 2007

My Collected Educations (In Lieu of Hello)


Fingerpaint & Young Authors. TMNT. Lava from baking soda & vinegar. No vinegar shots, for this boy. The pitch, mesh shorts & healthful, manly colors. The Beach Boys. Chuck Berry. Goosebumps. Sibling rivalry & divorce. One house, two house, three house; blue house, blue house, yellow house.


Mr. Smith & the 8-5 roll step. Pip. Gnats. The shaking of gifts. He works his work, I mine. Other lips. Soon then, other hips. Dave Matthews & David Gray. Shakos. Richard Cory. Detonation, the noonday sulk. Less Shakespeare than recommended. Instead the Blair Witch, the backyard. Rose Bowl. Millennium.



I-80. Carlsson Hall. Fictive enterprises. The West Wing. --Mr. Blackmur, what are the holy cities of America? Busses (buses). Peggy Lee. Milan Kundera. The Mississippi & three bridges. The delta. Death (unconsidered) in New Orleans. Sushi & swingers. Atlantis. Atlantis. Village Inn. Sunrises. Madison, State St. MYNWA. Next door's meth lab. A heron perched on a station wagon. Modest Mouse. Collins. and we loved each other so / and it was unusual. Blue Cat, designated drivers. Iowa. Kierkegaard & Abraham, Erin & Rebecca.



6th Avenue & Houston St. Four-Faced Liar. Tom Sleigh. This might be nature--twenty stories high. Arcade Fire & Wolf Parade. Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall. Cats #'s1-4. Gettysburg. Hospitals & trains & flights. Vancouver, 6am customs. Karaoke. The Beatles, The Beach Boys. Metropolitian. Ex-pat Brooklyn Thanksgiving. Clyfford Still. Poetry dates. Garth. Arthur the Cat. Jens Lekman. The Dead Father. Millerton, Icelandic ponies, wasp stings. Risotto & chili. Frederick Law Olmstead (FLO). Pacific Standard. 2nd St. Re-education.


2 comments:

Relief Map said...

Bienvenue, mon cher ami.

Radish King said...

I likes the blue feets.