vibrant panties
on her bookshelf
for reference
& inspiration
with design she
wants the kitchen
patterned after

my heart & head
hurt must've

says the dr

grown fast
in friendship

guess even the FBI
can't make up
its mind whether

Melissa Amy
Kissinger or
Amy Melissa

Kissinger is
her name not
that I'm ever

anybody to
decide except
in finding

a little some
thing somewhat
mellifluous

with the whole
tedious business
of aggravated

shoplifting

minimalist
commercial
interruption

the officer unsure what papers
to sign asks if Astrid
is available for a forfeiture
question
---------so I go check
knowing better than to answer
when she says
-------------just how available do I look

while I don't intend
you disregard what

you might've read
let me stress

this undertaking
wasn't my undoing

makes less
& less sense

in terms of telephones

better left
off the hook

between the birds & alarm
clock this morning
no fair formulation

funny how until today
I delayed getting an oil
change since the mechanic

was elected mayor 4,000
miles back I figured
it would intrude on new

& nobler duties which
during this morning's rain
I finally decided

is complete hogwash so
swung by the garage
where the calendars were

surprisingly current
& they'd invested
in shredders

like my dumb jokes
I love the attention

of uncertainty
to distraction