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.