Monday, September 8, 2008

justwrite 8 september

a recommendation:
wait until the light turns green
turn on the slipstream and slide inside hiding no faces and wasting no tastes
there are circles in your eyes
there are triangles between now and then and something else
everything one hundred eighty degrees
in the shade
cool angles trying their smoothest to change the channel
wait until the flannel shirts this!
there are no buttons worth keeping
the leaps of faith required by admired children are staggering
hot air balloons of guidance counselor potential
purple principals overwhelmed with pride
there are no acceptable ways to wear that shirt
you're going to have to change your name
wait until no one's looking
cook your bookbag in a stewpot
catch as catch cannery rows of mice
men in the kitchen naming their placed bets
way out in the avocado jungle
uncles and kittens and unremitting debts
inadmissible in a court of course
the horse following the cart
departing from the station at a quarter to chicago
you were there too
expanding the map with your folding hands

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