[abstract cousin]

collage poem: abstract cousin

the billionaire in my basement

illustrated poem: the billionaire in my basement

later, lighter in all disappearances…

the (D)well(er) the B(L)uster
the (S)Lander (s)wing
Syc[a]more Rivulet
Mosqu(ito) ring
the Lec(s)tern (g)race (T[id])bit
in double Dip[ped]thongs
the Futures of (F)ridge (t)ramp[s]
the Hall mark of(f) Songs
the (S)wan found the Litter[bug's]
swarmmobile™ Scepter
bottles and hung[ers]
Destiny’s P(R)eceptor
the Step(-)Daughters (S)link
fix pan[t(her)] (Per)fume
so (cresc)end(o) the Man(H)unt
in the [(F)lower]bed croon
Crocodile how the Mob
(b)ant(ers) (s)mother(s)
Pant(o)(mime) plagues
bane(s) (ba)[lusrade] (M)others

using “hired guns”

illustrated monostich

Ask I: “I Can Dress a Hen in a Hat?”

Q: More and more, I forward a mango to America. I go wrong sometimes on the label. I can dress a hen in a hat?

A: No.

Ash is consistent, and now laces fit even more.

Learn Italian reluctantly.

Reach for a large place full of sweaters.

Get the hang of Europe. (Those little flags represent different countries!)

America is based around body types.

Line up.

Pull out your sure charts and suggest anybody’s guess.

The difference between 3 to 4 inches in Europe is less than half the distance above a good tailor.

To alter time, call customer service.

To fit the clothes, take heed of feed!


blackout composition, source: “Ask I”, Teri Agains, The Wall Street Journal, 6/14/12.

in situ below…

blackout composition: Ask I: "I Can Dress a Hen in a Hat?"

Gutters and Generals

illustrated children's poem: gutter generals

invitation

invitation

Printing, and Claims, which received

This so-called "breathing period"

physical objects
separated from
the neural map

dualistic

rearrange or change

re-arm or rebow
el-arm or elbow’s elbox

assume

monogamy as the normal or ideal

a texture
is
like a photograph
of the surface
that you can feel

it is progress to

see with sound instead of light

have both an entrance
and
an exit to
any open wound

have both removed
the bullet
and
cauterized the
world left over

today

we have something better than
magic talking rings
high-orbit government
and
commercial satellites

Do you want me
to put it in a letter?

visual poem: letters in a letter

Do you want Australia/New Zealand/Japan/Hawaii
indicated as a single landmass?

Australia/New Zealand/Japan/Hawaii indicated as a single landmass?

Are you

happy?

overjoyed?

or somewhere
in between
the
cracks

When is

enough

ENOUGH!

“…the great thing is…”

illustrated monostich: ""...the great thing is..."

Ask I: “I Envy Women, But I’m Just Not One of Them”

Q: I envy women, but I’m just not one of them. I have a lot of special shoes I don’t want to wear. Suggestions?

A: I’m all for three days of black, but there comes a time when you want more.

Alas, you just won’t fit into a single bag.

Stop breaking your head and enjoy your war.

What’s the point of rocks if you can’t round them?

Invest in a car and push it through long corridors as you get a feel for the interior compartments.

Partition off a zipper.

Waterproof liquids.

Resist.

Travel quick where there is no margin.

Shift the rat race, lock your age!


blackout composition, source: “Ask I”, by Teri Agins, The Wall Street Journal, 6/7/12.

in situ below…

newspaper blackout: Ask I: "I Envy Women, But I'm Just Not One of Them"

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