I want so little
But expect so much.
—Michael Malinowicz
“Your
discipline is charming,”
said
the lady as the heater’s
fan
blew the apartment’s
electrical
circuit. “Or do
apartments
blow fuses
instead,”
he thought,
“which,
in turn,
annihilate
circuits?”
And,
furthermore,
“Fuses
or fuse? Circuit
or
circuits.” And,
later
still, while the
crickets
were chirping
at the
circus: “I really
blew it
this time,”
said
the lady
blowing
her nose