This; And also that

I wonder how much time
EE Cummings spent
searching and replacing?
Because I spend a lot of time searching and replacing
and I wonder if that was a big part of his life too?

No
he said,
I’m topped off with liquids.
And it was like
he was bragging.

tipped too soon

how was I to know

your service
would suck                       so

1. Reform
2. Conservative
3. Orthodox
4. Hasidim
5. Canadians

said my five-year old tonight, dressed in full Batman togs, before delivering 360 degrees of pain to the sides, the back, the seat of our oversized wooden rocking chair.
“Hunh? Chairie?” he cooed. “You want a piece of me, Chairie?” … Read on Macduff...

I’m surprised you’d
say that. I mean, you’ve
read the articles, right?
I sent you the articles, so you must have read them.
Which means you know all about my generation
and the way we
transformed
pipe-cleaner-beading
from a sort … Read on Macduff...

When your kid tells you they love you
and they’re laughing when they say it
wandering off toward slow down
toward stop and sleep well
everybody sleep tight.
sleepy tight everybody.

The kind of place
where they name
their kids “Hunter”
and mean it.

This weekend my 5-year old asked: “wouldn’t it be funny if ‘Justice League’ was ‘Justice Legal'”?
Like it was some hit ABC show, where big-city super heroes
practice the law wearing costumes.
Never using their super powers
just, you know… Read on Macduff...