For that was the winter we listened to Enyacomplaining that the porridge was too hot,or too cold, complaining that she would havepreferred jewelled quinoa, or a quart of gin, complaining that the cost of first class postwas outrageous, that her…
three rules he lives by. We
are unloading trucks in the arena
in the heart of the city, moving
Here is a thing. It is open.
You need the thing to be open, but
you do not like the people who keep
where he simply steps aside
where he finishes his phone call
where he does not have a gun
A Modest Proposal for the 21st c.
in the film ‘The Wild One’, the character played by Marlon Brando is asked what he’s rebelling against.
His reply? “Whadda you got?”
It’s a universal truth
that we should have low expectations
of those who climb the greasy pole
to lead our island nation...
Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ noun
Convex bone in front of
knee joint; the patella.
Waking at first light in the hope
of some miraculous resurrection of hope,
an Easter miracle come early...
(an incomplete list, some items may be missing)
after Dorothy Parker
my sisters, my friends. It is so easy
to pick up the first stone and cast it.