9.6.08

For Langston Hughes and Nancy Brown.

The dog that walks

has a leash.

The cardinal on my chair

sings.

"I have been a hard-working person

all my life -- strong

and look at me now."

The dog that walks

has a leash.

The cardinal on my chair

sings.


I vomited my meal into

my hands.

My mother consulted with

homicide.

Tampa is a place where I brew

green tea and take

calls for Nelson Brown.


The number is wrong.

The number

sings.


Grandma, laugh.


Man can laugh louder but

I can

I can

I can

I can

I can