mmcxiv

And we thought it said mud

                      —Norma Cole

chemical brothers

in arms

pigeon

reflection

tardy birthday

battle ‘royale’

purple heart

hair spasm

purple spasm

hair heart

mmcxiii

a year w/one book

and not on

an island

mmcxii

misread ‘Cursed

by a lip lick’ (H

Nguyen) as

‘lipstick’ then

‘lip lock’ (maybe

on purpose by

then) but cursed

hot tea

soda and

Alaska roll

mmcxi

It feels very fine

being a girl

    
          —Hoa Nguyen

even my

eyelids

feel like

fire

* * *

renovation

with chills

at two in

the after

noon

* * *

i can

pay

all of
the bills

on thursday

mmcx

Lacunae are great

        —Norma Cole

Meet me

at the

monkeys.

Or historic

WellsFargo,

where we go

in circles:

round &

round & round.

mmcix

A houseplant is dying.  Tell it why it

needs to live.

             —from 642 Things to Write About

My father

was buried

before you

were alive.

mmcviii

What can happen in a second?

                

                   —from 642 Things to Write About

Armada

Armani

mmcvii

I’m the eccentric

at the wine bar

— corner table

that juts out

into foot traffic.

Italian wine.  Day-

dreaming intolerably

of Venice.  No-

thing seems right

except that I write

this.  The table

next to me is

SALES (all

caps because

sales is very loud).

I’m a sales magnet.

Hand gestures are

important; must

meet inspection.

“January, I’ll pack a bag

in January!” shouts SALES.

mmcvi

No quote

unquote

a glass

of red

Pose

[inert]

blank

stars

Back in

England

(what the

bloody heck)

I stir in

pretend tears

boo hoo

no heaven

mmcv

Turn Left After Turtle Tower

                  to avoid earth peril

                  I have a hopeful April

                                  —Hoa Nguyen

which becomes October

‘he’s well-versed

in nurse’ at

Riverside Healthcare

trying to remember

Nurse __________

Nurse __________

of the Yellow Awning

mmciv

Evil stir           a kingdom

The hydrogen exploded

                  —Hoa Nguyen

Make ‘h’ sound

for ‘f’ in Japanese

Fukushima

mmciii

Fill the tub

in the bath

wearing

naught

but a sash

& a gas mask

mmcii

This pinot noir

blows the

bourgogne rouge

all the way to

Burgundy (France)

mmci

Don’t be

the ass

of every

yolk joke

3 months

ago I

survived

53 days

in one lie

mmc

        To Do:

        Mash the sea

        Evolve love

        Keen

        Coo

             —Hoa Nguyen

I exert

my list

exerts

I exist

list

lists

Shot thru

the ♥ w/

a Volvo