BELTWAY BOWLING

[Congres$$ion@l Parable]

Scene: 2 guys go to the bowling alley.

One brings along 3 balls drilled precisely to spec.

tOther brings none, assuming one can be rented..

One brings shoes, tOther rents a pair that almost fits,

complaining about rental price.

Attendant: “...pays for disinfection..."

Playing uncomfortably a while,
they wonder: Why?

One: "It’s the shoes!"

tOther: "It’s the balls!, it’s the pizza!, it’s the Pepsi!"

Not the pin-boy.

There isn't any.

It’s all automated.

One: "It's our sweat."

tOther: “What sweat? this place is fully air-conditioned.” (with a dry-cleaner's.)

One: "Must be the cable-TV."

tOther: "What cable-TV? It's all DVDs."

Which one's the Tea-Partier?

(T-Pers haven’t arrived yet, come severally, own the alley, & win no matter what.)

(08 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v12

YOU...YOU!

2 highwirists

reach mid-point,

expecting the other

2 jump as they

silently glare in2

each other’s eyes,

waiting for midnite’s

stroke: the moment

of political risk.

Suddenly an odor

envelops them.

Neither can stand it;

screaming: “You,

You shitb@g! You!”

Everyone holds

their last breath;

those below brace

themselves for a

shitty splatter,

wishing they’d

come bareass.

.

(07 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v3

Icelandic Poppies

Yesterday, Ginny bought
3 big potted Icelandic poppies
at a bargain price (USD$4.50/ea.);

white, yellow, & orange, willowly
bridging calla lillies & kalanchoes,
wobbling in the light wind.

We're told they'll survive the hot sun
that burnt their yellow predecessors.
Just how long do annuals last?

We won't eat them. (Norwegians,
in the benevolent Gulf Stream,
eat marigolds raw, & cooked.)

(05 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v5

Celebrating Easter

Celebrating Easter resolves the conundrum

“Can Life defeat Death?” with resurrection.

Which of us wouldn’t rejoice at knowing

it was & will be done again? wouldn’t

want our beloved resurrected? Our joy

in knowing they will be makes the rest

of our lives all the more bearable; I’m

looking forward to seeing carolin again;

I expect she wants to see me coming.

(06 MAR 11, Santa Clara CA)v3

Something's Blooming

Something Blooming's

for Ginny

Something blooming's crept up
& penetrated Ginny's garage;

each day she remarks on it;

I noticed it from the inside
weeks ago, but didn't prune it;

from the outside it looks like
a floral-spill or -pillow. Ah,

(da capo)

(04 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v2

On Adequacy

Adequacy. In Adequacy,
something's discovered
that wasn't appreciated.

Measure by Adequacy
frightens some, others
feel greatly relieved. It's

all a matter of content.
Contentment's quite
another matter.

(04 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v1

Making @ burrito

Rolling drippy, crunchy
Valencia peanut-butter up
into a 12” flour-burrito,

I devour it, make myself
another & devour it too,
but drink nothing with it;
have I finally almost

gone NorCalifornian?
I may as well have: I
like what I’m doing.

I’m thinking of
making another,
but maybe I won’t,
but maybe I will.

.

(01 APR 11, Santa Clara CA)v2