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...
NINE SIGNATURES
In your head, slender curlicues of blood
sign for memory
Your heart lays itself out for a census of
one or two or
The signature on your palm is effortless
and when you take my hand we press
our names together
One leg signs for the other and the other
signs for the first
The signature of the medium of flight,
vision and burning is registered in your
lungs
The signature of heaven is all orbits and
explosive dots, it fits in the corner of
your eye
Your name might be a mistake, but bad
handwriting can cover that
There is a man of gold whose signature is
a luxury, whose first name alone clears
all obstacles
I know a woman who signs with her hair