Monthly Archives: January 2015

JUST SAY NOH

NOH MEANS NOH NOH WAY OUT IN THE NOH DOCTOR NOH NOH WAY, JOSE NOH HITTER NOH EXIT I DON’T NOH NOH WAR NOH IT ALL NOH QUESTIONS ASKED A THOUSAND TIMES NOH

A League of Chipmunks

Animals have been getting into our downstairs kitchen for years. It’s underground, so they have rights. I once found a squirrels’ nest under a bookcase where they were using paperback pages for bedsheets. But, over … Read more

Bite Your Tongue

It’s too cold in the winter but too hot in summer’s sun. The forest’s turned to tinder and the ocean’s almost done. There’s genocide on foreign sands and planes fall from the sky. Somewhere a … Read more

Jazzed

Mingus, Miles and Monk decided notes were better oft divided. Bass and horn and ivory worked to set the rhythm free. Trane then took it off the track. Melody would not come back.

Earl of the Flies

He claims he wrote the very first hillbilly constitution. He got hit by a truck but still awaits his restitution. Born to rust and death by dust are words in his preamble. He lost a … Read more

Percentage Point

Oh, one percent, we’re very sorry. Your time has just gone down, in glory. We’ve just agreed to feed the world and, in return, no rockets hurled, a peace over the very globe descended. All … Read more

Infant Museum

I awoke in a sweat but the toys were asleep, the noise of childhood faded. I had cut my hair, cut my finger, but couldn’t cut my losses. Time bled, profusely, into the night. Laughter … Read more

Talking Her Down

Don’t wed that fool. He’s still in school. You’ll work to pay his loan. His head’s too big, his eyes too small. And listen to his tone. He’s mister smart. He’s mister right. He’s got … Read more

Majority Rules

Some things in life aren’t too pretty: acid trips in Kansas City; motorcades in downtown Dallas; racks and shackles in the palace; fast foods made with rats and roaches; little league abusive coaches; bible thumpers … Read more

The Green Ninja (for Charlie)

The flying green ninja will not harm the ground. His tactics are all ecologically sound. He fights against fracking and ozone pollution. He champions thought as the safest solution. He doesn’t believe in the throwing … Read more

Medicinal Weed

Put me on a government list. Gotta get me some of this. I got problems medical. Need some prophethetical Gotta smoke to get me well. Government can go to hell. Give my name to Uncle … Read more