He ate
too many oysters
there’s a barbecued
pearl
forming
somewhere.
Forget not the mud
Forget not the mud caked juice box,
those traces of familiar sweetness locked in
hannukah gelt coin coverings dented
dirtward
next to
a plate or two of shaded eggplant parmigiana.
There was a party here. There were frightened
earthworms. Thunder. … Read on Macduff...
if “the last thing
if “the last thing
I want
to do
is
upset you”
does
that mean
“I want to
upset you,
after
I’m done with
all my other
projects?”
An Interview with Dana Reinhardt
Photo credit: Chelsea Hadley.
In which Reinhardt talks about why she rarely uses her notebook, how her first book may have been the easiest to write, and getting a sixteen-year-old to translate into IM.
Dana Reinhardt is the author … Read on Macduff...
Great-grandfather’s beard
been thinking about
my great-grandfather’s beard.
I can’t compete with that.
Puffy-white sketched
lawyer-still.
Coffee, ironed tablecloths, small spoons.
Not one drop swings
loose.
Cigars for all. Corona de Luxe
smoke drifts
over old Europe squares.
Sons in perfect pose. … Read on Macduff...
Smoke Alarm
Smoke alarm
went off
last night
for no reason.
Hoping I didn’t die
and don’t know it.
Apologies
if next time you see me
I’m a scary ghost.
Bad words
Meatballs (the movie) caused me to explain slurs to my kids the other day. Looking for a less-than-awful example, I stumbled on this lost memory:
As noted else-blog, I lived in Holland for a stretch while growing up. There I … Read on Macduff...
driving
driving home late telling my eyes
it’s just about time to open
wide, let in a few headlights
reveal the back
of my head.
clang noises clanging back there
still clanging away let
the headlights
shine on in.
Disappointed
Sad to learn today that all those robocalls weren’t actually being made by robots. I guess it would have taken a lot of campaign resources to create an army of robo-Feinsteins and robo-Newsoms. I can’t blame them for focusing on … Read on Macduff...