to Falco
regarding Rock Me Amadeus

why? don't misunderstand, i love it
but why? what possessed you to sing in hiccup German
with legato chorus men singing "Amadeus" smoothly in the background
like a couple of shirtless Village People and a bridge
sung by the Pips "baby, baby do it 'til you rock me"
and then quietly disappear.

is why not the answer? why not?
that's genius

the headset to her cellphone
allows her hands to remain at her side
to do nothing

thanks man!

there will be flowers

he said your writing has really progressed
it's gone from shit to compost

i thought that was clever, smiled
and quickly jotted it down
as soon as he left

eleven eleven i surrender to you
come out no need to hide behind bushes
untamed, and cars double parked  

come on in

the pubs open at eleven
and i'm inviting you in and don't you know it
awkwardness blushes as we tip the cups

you do realize there are serious dangers to inviting someone in, don't you?  Especially if feeling compelled to do so.....lol
;)

yet the alternative is so cold

I like the symmetrical structure in the last one.  To the one before it, I think, "Your critic is clever, but he's never seen a manure spreader, let alone ridden on one."

thanks Rick


I wonder what happens when we meld the two?




that critic is clever
never seen a manure spreader though
never ridden one neither

the acute-angled paisley Picasso fashion plate
was dragging his cigarette-smoke road show
my way

your writing has famously progressed
he tinkled from his locket lips, darling
from shit to compost

you would expect cackles
from a groundless entourage
not noddings

i thought, clever, and jotted it down
in my Golda Meir notebook
as soon as he left

July 4th, 2010

Vatican declares no longer bigger than Beatles,
extends hand of forgivness although
litigation still grants eternal life to tabloids
in the 'Meaning of Universal (Come Together versus Catholic)' lawsuit.


*

Come Together

Vatican declares no longer bigger than Beatles,
extends hand of forgivness although litigation
still grants eternal life to tabloids.

in our usual formation around a busy table
we drank coffee and debated new rules to popular sport
until it didn't matter anymore

a Day in the Life of a Notebook

*

bike left chained and stripped on a city sidewalk
none of this animal goes to waste

*

the coach's son seems to make more errors than the others
no matter how long his father leaves him in

*

they plopped down the biggest, bluest security guard beside the railroad track
day after day, cloud after cloud, no longer waiting for trains

*

the double steal is the most difficult play to execute in Soccer
the writhing and wriggling must be choreographed near the ball

*

the reason for buying a boat
is to fish near the other guy's pier

*

I heard 2 Beatle and 2 Springsteen songs
played by flute and strings when put on hold
by the credit card company. And to think
I once believed there were too many bankers
and not enough musicians in the world.


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Is this poetry, I mean
do I get to eat at the adult's table?

He Switched to Zeppelin

He was left listening to easy pop 
I ducked in for a shawarma and the doors I locked
a boy, a dog and easy pop
this should be a natural, I thought.

Nobel Mathematics Award 2090

goes to Matthew Smith of the United States of America
for discovering how to add and multiply numbers
without the aid of a calculator.