prehensile dog washers
Poke out your tongue, wrap
it around a lollipop, & now
try to whistle for the dog to
come inside for its weekly
wash. Nothing happens; or,
at least, nothing that was
meant to happen. Locusts
fly down from their perches
on the pyramids of Giza &
eat the Sphinx away. The
Red Sea opens & closes, o-
pens & closes, unsure if it
too is meant to be at war. A
dyslexic President abuses
the Pope for washing the
peet of the foor, saying he'd
never let such garbage into
his nice white house, then
puts on his corny thrown
before his seance with doG.
Liturgical music
The church is a business
Robert Creeley: After Lorca
Once was the rattle of coin, the ringing
of the cash register, given a more noble
form when celebrated in song. Clang,
clang, clang went the trolley, ding, ding,
ding went the bell, sang Judy Garland
when she was met in St. Louis, but her
text holds none of the mystery that is
supposed to be imbued within it. The
Second Vatican Ecumenical Council
had plenty to say about that, 69 clauses
intended to cover every aspect — how
it's important to look & sound your
best, especially if the service is going
out on TV; what part the various
parts of the organization should play;
what to do if the attendant musicians
lack the desired skills necessary to play
well; & if have them, what celebrations
shouldn't they be permitted to play at.
Masses for the dead are one of the pro-
scribed events, which is possibly why
Creeley also notes that the mourners go
doucement, doucement to the cemetery.
Her only friend was a robot named Desire
The person throwing stones
has been known to stand
in the street & yell Stella at
the world. That she has a
voice that reminds one of
Grace Slick is a little off-put-
ting; but it is the summer of
love, though the brutal exe-
cution of Benito Mussolini
is still remembered as a high
point in The Chronicles of Nar-
nia after it was lip-synched
on The Tonight Show with
Johnny Carson & became the
defining moment of an era.
Transparent pterodactyls
Like a giant Faraday cage, the
all-metal construction provides
versatility across a wide range
of applications in such areas as
writing, editing, & design. Mir-
rors aren't just decorative. Their
studies of hunter–gatherer
locomotion create the illusion
of larger spaces; & their theoret-
ical analyses have implications
for manufacturers of religious
artifacts such as baptism tents.