Author: cfblack
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Vanity Fair
Dear Vanity Fair, tell Condé Nast Don’t mess with my fame Cover my name with a damn mailing label When I make your magazine cover Remember not everyone was gifted with My skill set to exploit social media algorithms I deserve full exposure So everyone may see my name In full stiff capital letters 8-8-21
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Dear Rudy
Someone compared your fall from grace as being of Dostoyevskian proportions What do they have against Fyodor’s novels I am thinking Ayn Rand accepting her first social security check or Madoff standing in a prison lunch line is more apropos 8-8-21
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hot August haikus
humid afternoon Cicadas sing…an owl hoots the woods is confused street ball on recess basketball on concrete court too damn hot to hoop children across the street laughing under lawn sprinkler why not an old man? 8-8-21
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WHIMSY
In the wet of morning I walk among pages of clothing and furniture ads in search of articles to read I think poets could write better ad copy; we would dress it up in whimsy humor and verbs…lots of verbs Eyes would linger a bit longer on product examine the stitch and cut the faces…
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Of squirrels and cats
plump feral cat lounges in yard squirrels are wary but unafraid hunger makes a hunter fast please, don’t feed our feral cats 8-7-21
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Advice for driving uber in Five Points
a rose fragrance swinging on a string from rear view mirrors makes monitoring drunk students smell a wee bit better 8-7-21
