American Sentences 2002

01.07.02 – Stone arch high in green aboriginal mountains through which the sun would beam.

02.08.02 – Next to condom dispenser is written: This is the worst gum ever.

02.14.02 – Happy Valentine’s Day I dream of bird w/ torso cut clean in two.

02.22.02 – Poetry reading interrupted by Mexican Hat Dance on a CELPHONE!.

03.10.02 – Shimmer of the hot springs pool as reflections of raindrops intersect.

04.19.02 – Canada’s flag half mast past the Peace Arch from our friendly fire.

04.20.02 – Behind END ISRAEL OCCUPATION rally, kosher hot dog stand.

05.08.02 – Shoes really make a difference she said, they DO said the one on the scale.

06.06.02 – In charred bus after suicide bomb two corpses in one last embrace.

06.12.02 – Only thing wrong w/ love poems is that the poem outlasts the love.

06.13.02 – In Taos the setting sun’s a fat pink face drunk on the clouds like us.

06.22.02 – Man who sprays Round-Up on his lawn complains when my dog pisses on it.

07.09.02 – Woman on I-5 drives w/ knees, one hand a smoke, the other CEL PHONE.

08.20.02 – Auburn bumper sticker says: The hell w/ rent, I’m getting a tattoo.

09.07.02 – The silverish-brown sheen of the dog’s coat after he rolls in horseshit.

09.16.02 – It occurs to me your returning the book on Vodou’s a good thing.

10.04.02 – Old brown & tan Ford pickup w/ rear window sign says: FLASH ME! (no dudes).

10.10.02 – Almost drowning out traffic noise, starlings in the Monkey Puzzle tree.