Maybe while Hollywood writers are on strike, people could read some books.
Selected Poems
American Sentences
Derived from an advertisement for animal laboratory instrumentation:
Mouse guillotine: One hard thrust of the handle provides instant results.
American Sentences
Birds flock to the trees in my yard, and I have nothing to say to them.
American Sentences
Advice: Typing is inadvisable while wearing finger puppets.
(and)
Wrote this whole post while wearing finger puppets—wee faces into keys!
American Sentences
I touched my skin today as if it weren’t my own and nearly liked it.
American Sentences
I’m on Claritin and it’s time to get the poetry party crunk!
American Sentences
The elevator’s mechanical heart throbs as it lifts me higher.
American Sentences
Overnight, it seems the pigment has leaked from each hair on your body.
American Sentences
I went back on birth control pills and holy moly: instant boob job.
(and)
To the cashier at Yakima Fruit Market:
Hey, quit flirting with my husband because you think he looks like Moby.
American Sentences
My lint roller’s the closest I’ve come to being felt up in ages.