Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Not That Stella Doesn't Seem Worth It

Sidney, at some point
Did you stop and think, “Maybe
I’m wasting my time”?

Monday, July 30, 2007

I Had A Dream Of The Rood Once

But instead of Christ
Jumping on the Cross, I nailed
Him up there myself.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Some Of Your Stage Directions Are Confusing, Mr. O'Neil

So I’ll just cross out
With a detached contrition
And write “Drunkenly.”

Saturday, July 28, 2007

I Would Have Gone With "Penis," Even If It Does Sound Too Clinical

Mr. Hwang, does your
Play suggest that all Asian
Women have “weenies”?

Friday, July 27, 2007

I feel you, Walt

7/27
I can’t even count
How many times I’ve gotten
Blown by my own soul.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Has New Shit come to light, Mr. Ashberry?

7/26
I have to ask: what
In God’s holy name are you
Blathering about?

Sunday, July 22, 2007

I couldn't help but notice that Sir Thomas More left something out

7/22
How do Utopians
Deal with pedophilia?
This is important.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Caliban to the Reader

7/21
Having learnt his lines,
I begin to feel Auden
Should have written less.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Still the walls do not fall, I do not know why.

7/20
Dear H.D.: I loathe
Spiritual Imagism.
Sincerely, EV.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Containing What the Reader May, Perhaps, Expect to Find in it

7/19
I hate to question
The “perfect plot,” but isn’t
Tom still a bastard?

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

I had trouble putting my finger on Paradise Lost

7/18
Free will man freely
Received willed freely to him
Free and free will fell.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Religion, Politics, Divorce, Childbirth

7/17
Milton could manage
To write himself into a
Tract on anything.

Monday, July 16, 2007

That's like describing a Queso Burrito to a kid starving in Africa, Spenser

7/16
Why bother telling
Us women are so hot if
They refuse to bang?

Sunday, July 15, 2007

And if Errour exists, maybe there is a Faerie Queene

7/15
I’m pretty sure I
Dated a half woman, half
Serpent in college.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

I think this is what Poe had in mind

7/14
“I found the letter.”
Dupont nodded. “It seems the
Queen has syphilis.”