hiatus

we are taking a short hiatus in order to unsnarl some kinks in our big, messy, busy lives
(haven't you noticed a decline in the quality of our writings in recent weeks?)
we will resume with day-counting, when we feel ready, as if nothing had happened
this is okay because we make the rules
check back soon!!!!

soy nugget limerick

more paltry than poultry, without that bloodshot gloss--
yet they taste like chicken, and i'm at a loss.
vegans against carnivo-normativity!
(ok, ate pizza monday. whatever, was free)
...but oh, these are so good slathered in bbq sauce.

Body Movin'

When Mix Master Mike asked to borrow my bike
I said, "Thanks but no thanks, sir.
You see, I need it to travel on dirt and on gravel.
But I sure do admire your musical endeavors."

CIA scramble

in front of three marlene dumas squelettes, a kindergartener
tramples her fluffy stuffed reindeer. the top of her head
only reaches the shortest corpse's pelvis, where it clutches
a muskrat, ominous. mid-hopscotch, she looks me
in the eye and says, "if i kept walking, i would crash
straight into the ocean." you'll crash either way, i want
to tell her, then realize i am crippled and old.

Normative Naivety

The Marxist feminist worked
the night shift at the
televangelist's hotline
answering the prayers
of homely heroines
and freebasing bullies.

why m. carries a nail file in her purse

once i was flying
i was flying in a plane eating yogurt
it was early
it was thursday
i was flying in a plane eating yogurt
it got on my pants
i was on a plane
yogurt splat all over my pants

her voice is as pretty as annie druyan's
my friends are rolling in a rocket ship
the sky is a crepuscular prepubescent and the city's so happy
it hiccups

Oh No!

Let's just pretend
I am posting from another time zone.
Or better yet, another time.
It is simply miraculous
that I found a computer
in the dark ages,
isn't it?

I sure think so.