2001 American Sentences
01.02.01 – Alternating oil massage, we decide against greasing up the cat.
01.25.01 – Crow convention at the cedar tree, black wings splayed in the sunlit fog.
02.01.01 – Coronas reflect off Trane’s horn exposing universe’s beauty.
02.03.01 – 12 vehicle crash northbound I-5 caused by slick roads & a rainbow.
02.06.01 – In right-wing Senator’s office, framed picture of the Enola Gay.
02.09.01 – One small spat & you reconstruct front room into bedroom-in-exile.
03.06.01 – Former war planner Dick Cheney in hospital to clear his blocked heart.
03.06.01 – The moan of your approaching orgasm — while in the distance — train horns.
03.15.01 – Lines out double-doors @ the post office but Carol doesn’t seem to mind.
04.04.01 – White archeologist takes fetal skeleton from its ancient grave.
04.13.01 – Five months after election, barnyard sign says: Slade Gorton works for me.
04.18.01 – Best bumper sticker this month, seen on Volvo: Midwives Help People Out.
04.20.01 – After deficient feeding, cat sits behind bowl — feline mendicant.
05.09.01 – Mercedes pulls next to my V Dub bus HEY! we both have German cars!
05.11.01 – After the phone rings there’s a cold spot on my hip where your hand was.
05.25.01 – Between softball games, three boys play pine cone baseball off the hot dog shack.
06.01.01 – My last view of John Napier, steam rising from the cremation vault.
06.06.01 – Worst condition for dog owner, learning of hole in the plastic bag.
06.24.01 – Near gravesite of Chief Seattle, bright lights of Suquamish casino.
07.04.01 – In Hood Canal a salmon is a silver flash above the water.
07.18.01 – “No time for THAT” she says releasing semi-erect morning penis.
08.27.01 – Migraine headache so bad it makes me yell: Eleanor, come eat my brain!
08.31.01 – Is it a crow’s cackle or the rattle of windows after the bus?
09.10.01 – Little boy in the Albertson’s line singing: We live in a trailer…
09.15.01 – @ the other lake not Swimming Bear Lake we see a bear not swimming.
10.03.01 – A patriot steals the American flag of an eight yr old boy.
10.14.01 – Your mouth wide-open w/a gaping yawn I try to stick my tongue in.
10.17.01 – United We Stand as long as you are not in my way in traffic.
10.23.01 – On sale @ Freddies American Flag Christmas tree ornaments.
10.24.01 – We carve pumpkins you say my Jack-O-Lantern’s forehead’s enormous.
11.08.01 – Three days after the split I revert to a diet of cake & meat.
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