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parents just don’t understand

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The little one coos
and giggles, then abruptly
screams and wails like mad.

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r.i.p. george carlin

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

A house is just a
place to keep your stuff while you
go out, get more stuff.

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it came from sweden

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Mahna mahna (ba
dee bedebe). Mahna mah-
na
(ba debe dee).

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summertime officially

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

It is hot and clear
and blue and bright and carefree
and already here.

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tyranny of i-20

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Trooper pulls over
trucker. Workers squeeze extra
lane next to old ones.

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that was the nba

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

And so, the hip young
fashionista schools the old
salt in basketball.

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perfect lawn

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

A tall weed springs forth
amid the elegantly
shorn blades of zoysia.

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get smrt

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Cryptography pops
up in cereal boxes,
Coke bottles and PINs.

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the empty chairs

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Settings ready, but
no one to use them. A life
as yet incomplete.

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measure for measure

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The city gathers
to rejoice in song, made whole
by a melody.

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advice for the past generation

Monday, June 16th, 2008

I went back in time
to tell myself not to want
too much, grow too fast.

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stage 0 (2008)

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Engel Stage leaking
and without power (but I’ve
called the landlord twice).

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stage 1 (2008)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

VitaminWater
Dance Depot
… um C D folks
cut A rug. ’K? Bye.

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stage 2 (2008)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Coke Stage has must-see
acts: Miss Diana Ross and
Reverend Al Green.

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stage 3 (2008)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Music Oasis
(real name too long) has bluesy
news anchorwoman.

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