THE MUSEYou owe me. Pay up. According to my accounts, you have...
CASUAL FRIENDSend lies to the people listed below....
THE AWARDS COMMITTEEThis is to notify you that--but what's the use?...
THE WISEThe world could fall to pieces with no notice....
UNCLE ALA chicken is a touchy creature....
THE OTHERSHere where we live the lines are down and the surprises build into snowbanks...
DANNYDusty Clinton Township kids making paper roosters and snowball...
SAMUEL RENSBERGER I am your grandfather's grandfather and through my wakeless sleep I dream...
OLD NEIGHBOREast across low muddy fields and behind the screening trees you can see...
THE WORM COUNCILWe call your attention to worms. Though sweeping ice age disaster...
THE HERONI flew in down by the round deep pond behind your house...
WITNESSI saw the largest moon ever rise huge bright yellow, sailing where it cared to...
Dear Eric,
Pick up your socks. Clean the house once in a while. Go to the
dentist. Start being more sensible about money. If you're going
to read, make sure it's a book that amounts to something.
In general, you mistake lethargy for stability. Your strong
reaction to discipline is a remarkable point of view. It has
inevitable and regrettable consequences. A restless mind is not
necessarily an energetic one.
"Today's poetry is a fight for breath." Remember that? Then what
have you done with the knowledge? There are no easy ways.
Sentimentality will not do in the place of emotion. Confusion
is not profundity.
Reform your heart. Withdrawal is not the same as solitude. A
secret held from all others is a stone in the gut. Oysters
make pearls of such irritants, humans do not. How can there be
pleasure in isolation?
Do you ever vacuum?
A Critic