Week 10, no less, in which the identities of many marchers and their monkeys may be revealed — and yes, Part II! Congrats to you not-so-few, you justly proud, you still-marching marchers. I’m really delighted with how many people are … Read on Macduff...
Month: May 2006
The myth of bone
Do you believe you have bone inside you?
Have you bought stock
in the scam that
you’re made of stone?
Why not skin? Solid through?
Why not dense-coiled hair
to prop your fading hips?
As if we have a pelvis … Read on Macduff...
Jeff
Jeff Goldblum
This one, the fourth in a series of desktop-sized painterly images of individuals engaged with a glowing orb, set against a blue/textured frame, goes out to Kim and Zoro, whose comments today made me pause to reconsider the … Read on Macduff...
my son’s asleep right now
in his red and black
“Incredibles” pajamas
with his arms propped
behind his head like
a catapult on safety.
His face is a bass note,
calm and confident
as if to say:
“I’m a super hero. And a bass note. … Read on Macduff...
Danny, Kurt, Al
Remember that scene in Close Encounters where Richard Dreyfus was compelled to make a mountain out of mashed potatoes? Something very similar happened to me not too long ago. Except instead of a potato mountain, I found myself forced to … Read on Macduff...
The Don Quixote Deathmarch, Week 9
Oh my stars and garters — Week 9!, wherein both marchers errant and their faithful squires cavort, with strange and pleasing results. As Mr. Magoo pointed in last week’s comments, we’ve hit a heckuva milestone by flipping past page 400 … Read on Macduff...
Fear My Nostrils
You’re not the only one made uncomfortable
by these lens flares
twin pipes
that threaten, curl,
and shine.
They can wrench the wind out of a room.
Catch 5 quarters in mid-air. Each.
And when they sneeze
you turn away … Read on Macduff...
The Don Quixote Deathmarch, Week 8
Welcome to Week 8, which recounts the pleasing tale of the mugnet inclined, along with other strange events that occured along the way. This was a week of highs and lows for me. There was the high of finding out … Read on Macduff...
moderation
you shouldn’t eat
so much of any one thing
that if they found out
that a really really
huge amount
of that one thing
kills people
you’d stop and say:
oh jeez
Please don’t visit the “Patrick Swayze/North and South” web page
The “Patrick Swayze/North and South” web page is terrible. There are lots of good web pages out there, covering a wide variety of topics. So there’s really no need for you to visit the “Patrick Swayze/North and South” web page… Read on Macduff...