11/14/2006

Sidewalk Coffee?


I always invite people for 'sidewalk coffee.' I meet a lot of people out on the sidewalk. The past couple days a dogwalker named Bryce has been stopping by to drink some coffee on the sidewalk drive.

Captivation


lots of screens of
t.v.s at the bar
lots of screens of
t.v.s at the bar
if you need to see
some news
then you needn't
look far
lots of screens of
t.v.s at the bar

Risk


When I walked in the door last night everyone was playing Risk. Marines always played Risk on the ship. I think that's a paradox or something. Either way Risk is very boring. They could make the game more exciting with metal figures, or sharper game pieces.

11/12/2006

Spanish Steps


strong wind combs dead leaves from trees
and onto the Spanish Steps
a girl remembers poetry from childhood
another girl says her favorite poets name
sitting looking down the steps
down the street into town
I write and kick leaves
beep
a car brings me back
the next gust sends a chill up my back
leaves blow down the Spanish Steps
and I write
and brush a leaf from my notebook

11/10/2006

Kicked in the Head


Me and my friend Rafal saw this guy being jumped. Went to see if he was okay, and we got jumped. Rafal got punched in the eye by a couple guys. He said three guys jumped me. I don't really remember, I was knocked out from behind. They did kick me in the head. But luckily the scans show that all of the trauma was under the surface and not deep enough to do more than be painful and scuffed. My friend Rafal has a black eye. He might have to get surgery on his cheekbone. I don't have my camera. The last thing I remember doing was setting it down along a fence before I was approached from the front.

11/08/2006

D'Steel(e) Meeting Minutes


We have sat here before
At this table at Cafe Mozart
This is the place the beer comes in liters
This is the place where Silvia plays her accordian
This is where everyone can get their fill of pils
Where few are on time
Few are sober
All are German
. . .

The D'Steele Society of Poetics will give a reading at Transformer Gallery on P St NW November 29.

11/07/2006

Jenn & Jeremy


By a name
I know not how to tell thee who I am
(Romeo and Juliet)



I'm pretty sure their relationship is nothing like Romeo & Juliet's, basically because they're both still alive.
But I took this picture and I wrote this quote down in my notebook today.

11/05/2006

McDonald's Hangover


Walking to the cold intersection
on my way to work in the afternoon
I contemplate taking
the hefty, dirty
pain pill in my pocket
to overcome the
vortex of pressure
that is in my eye
And I'm thinking
I wasn't drinking
nearly enough to
deserve this
God! I remember
McDonald's did this!