is a surprisingly / small book—
About the Obvious
I’ve been going for more walks lately, / for obvious reasons.
Everything is Burning, Least of All My Mouth
I burned the roof of my mouth on my frozen Trader Joe’s burrito, / and for once that’s not the worst part of my day.
I Don’t Like Hemingway But He Did Write About Farts in a Poem So There’s That
As did Brautigan (of course)
Decapitating Phillip
I almost used the word “vicissitude” / almost correctly the other day.
The Golem of Prague, Oklahoma
The golem was אמת and מוות.
Those Who Live in Belvedere
No child wants to run / a prison when they grow up / but someone has to
Another Poem for Brautigan’s Rainbow Trout
They make waterproof phones now;
Paraklausithyron
Clearly I’m Not Going to Heaven
It's a thick ship's rope, / not a camel, / that can't pass through the eye / of a needle / (a mistranslation).
Certain of Eventual Failure 