Thursday, January 13, 2011

mcccxx

There’s a ringing in my ears
as if a poem were beating on stone

                          —Barbara Guest

Sushi next door after running into
David at Borders.   As opposed to

I put a comment in your glass, we
were a pair somehow.
   (John Ashbery)

I used to be able to put a spin
on my balls.   Now what?   Temporarily
can’t serve alcohol?   Rusty keychains?

Ever been evicted over a pomeranian?
I have.