else’s eyeball.
—Tao Lin
I misheard the word prisons, thinking she said “All the penguins
are fragile.” Del the documentarian. I can’t stick to one subject
because I’ve already spent it in my head. Quick note: I am alive;
I shall purchase a suit
more suitable for reading
poetry with short lines
(must start reading).
188 pounds at Starbucks
on New Montgomery.
Incredible line-up, a
bit intimidating.
“You’re funny,” he says.
“Did you even know the
widow was open?”
I like my awesome new desk
with a Vanilla Bean Espresso
on top. Tedious day of lady
jazz. Third day of running.
Overhead: Needs new notebook....needs new porn....(or poem?)....Pigeons
....Finished Brandon’s e podes....Read to my mother while waiting for finger-
prints today....Security badge.....Walgreen’s then cook.....Me laundry.....
Miss you notes from Erin....Should I read a little Dahlen or kiss one?.....
I’m writing this as though I invented it, but it keeps getting truer
and truer.
—Alice Notley
