#60 the white one / albino-sphere / that's my cue

booed every failure

never cheered

successes unnoticed 

blame without glory

involved in every game

every break

every shot

every set-up

every leave

a life behind the scenes

not high or low

or stripe or solid

none of the rep of the 8

#59 feedback / haven't seen her since

her first piece was high-schoolish

self-absorbed ramble

we said

great voice

good variety of sentences

the next was decent

stumbling with moments of quality

we said

tight language

good visual images

the next was enjoyable

i was sad the ending disappeared

we said

excellent opening

real characters

the next was even more solid

confusing in parts

we said

confusing

...

#58 looking around, looking back

tired furniture
dusty guitar

hair and grit

between sofa cushions

dead

a twelve year old's voice

disapproves from within

prime minister?

visionary?

philanthropist?

on a cushy salary

dead

#57 Bull Fighter

It is coming at me

Like a train

It is arriving soon

actually loudly thundering

it is coming at me

the rather large animal

Today I will but defeat it

I charge at the red

He waves a red blanket

At the bull

Your bull stampedes upon paper 

Empty cliches

Inactive verbs

Redundant adverbs

Passive voice

Flat characters, general words

Phony dialogue, confusing pronouns

Inconsistent POV

I wave my red pen

At your bull

-your editor

#56 a wish granted

dome cave

lonely paradise

rock walls

sand floor

BigStar's light 

travels over unnamed ocean 

up the beach

through igloo-like entrance

lifesize-plus statue

a forgotten culture

hand, bowl-shaped

holds sand and pebbles

each pebble a wish

for the millenium's soul-searching traveller

a tremor

trembles the 30-foot world

sand and pebbles rain to the floor

stillness

#54 disposable rant

america's lost

not the war

itself

lost itself

among satellitesitcomsandstyrofoamandfoilwrappersdisposablecupsdisposableeverything

disposable everything

even disposable income

what do Depression survivors think of that term

disposable income?

lost itself among stuff

stuff

does it have the stuff to find itself?

does it have the stuff to point the finger at itself?

is there room for humility

for humble apologies?

apologies to the backs we've broken on this free ride

to the child-slave-laborists

to the people

to the countries

#53 Cash and fame

freight car 

from his soul

building

below booze

Building

below pollution

BUILDING

so lonesome he could cry

and beside dylan

lonely pianist

lonely souls

lonely in fame

lonely in search

lonely in song

famous in life

famous in death

lonesome in both

#52 educational convenience

26 faces gaze

empty-eyed

sick from force-fed knowledge

society fills their time

8 'til 3

under official cloak

Curriculum Outcomes Objectives

while parents drone

through well-paying

unrewarding jobs

the bigger Littles question the worshipping, the False Gods

MarkBooks, ReportCards, Because-I-Said-So's

revolt with rolled eyes

and apathetic posture

a bell rings

small rectangle tributaries

spill into the Hallway confluence

herded by the Tall-Ones

Littles empty into the biggest rectanglest room

to eat

while a few Tall-Ones shout orders

no room

for elbows or individuality

#51 lost loves, found laundry

i lost a shirt once
a good shirt
a great shirt
one of my favourites
my favourite

the bad of us
is interring with the bones

i remeber your smile
your laugh
your meals

i forget
what i forget:

argumentstemperandangrywords

i remember
the library
the watermelon game
late night phone calls


i compare
the reality of now
the fairy tale of then

today's real struggle
yesterday's imagined bliss

the shirt?
found.

faded
stained
thin

Ugly

#50 marathon training

run 

run 

run 

run 

run

rest... 

repeat

#49 the kid behind the counter

to go..? 

or

are you staying?

hmph

i wish i knew

to stay

safe 

easy

default

to go

risk

unknown

adjustment

goddamn

pimple-nose

minimum-wage-makin burger-flipper