Friday, November 6, 2009

The Poetry of Real Life


Cover by Kip Ayers.

“Mall”

Call the department
Are you serious, or what
How you doing
Damn fine
Not the only one
Thank you
She went this way, or that way
Do you want to go home
That was great
It was actually incredibly
I swear
Oh, I loved it
Dad dad dad
Isn’t that freaky over there
Then go in Sears
Yes there is
Ten minutes
Don’t spill that
Thanks for this
Makes no difference
Scared
When
Where do you want
That one was
She is huge
So huge
Alicia, she got one, tried it on
We need gloves
Junk
The rules against you
Purple, purple
You want to wear a dress


“Phoenician”

We expect
There should be about a bucket and a half
I’ll have to check further
Around there
The weather is a little colder
Shouldn’t it be a little warmer
I would like traveling, but not walking
They went
Yeah
Are you showing
Do you use moisturizer
Her parents
My wife
And so was
4/5ths of asking price
Thank you
Bye bye, have a nice day
Let’s drive by it
No, we have to go back to work
That’s quite a gamble
You’re not that far up
I talked to the brokers
You’re just scared
At your age
They are leasing the big loads
You know what else that kind of intrigues me
No, it’s not
That place has got to be huge
Like they get seven
Seven
I feel like the Duke of Riverside Drive
Right next to Leo
And they called
Is there a pond there
Somebody spent some money
What do Americans think
Do you have hone
Four-hundred-thousand dollar house
You don’t want to know
Most people don’t know how to spend that stuff
He’s got to have some woodchucks in there or something
It was kind of a
A herd of sheep
I saw them munchin’ away
I would be more comfortable in New York
With people I respect
Anything else today
Where
I’ll be good
That’s crazy
It will be so nice
I had that one
You let me onto
The guy’s got to make a living at it, like everyone else
It’s funny, he does charities
The last guy almost ruined the road
Brought it back
he guessed the number would be thirty-five-hundred
See you later
Thank you
Chucky in his house
It stays on
his father had brothers and sisters
The thing is that everyone
They don’t have kids
So Lisa
So I didn’t charge him
Everything went to them
There’s some old woman
I’m getting confused
You help them, you do everything
I’ll give you $100 for it
So he has this rug in the living room
Cost them two grand
Where do you see a black rug
I might
You know, when they go to the next town
The next country over
They don’t even have water
Horse, One passenger
Drag them around
I’m on the floor
They got rid of all their TV sets
They claim it’s because of religion
Supposed to be done today
Yeah, but
I mean it isn’t
I mean, she said
Mary drops me off at home
It’s a headache
This thing with Steve
I’m sure she’ll do something
To tell you the truth
How you doing, guys
Don’t let me forget my jacket this time
Water
How are you
You know, I’ll tell you one thing
He’ll do one of
Mike comes in
His problem,
All these other guys
They pay for MCI
Somebody does this
I don’t care what anybody does
Mike picked up his car the same day
The office was closed
Race goes into
Pick it up
They won’t allow the car released
Notarize the letter
Because he went to Hong Kong


“Chris’s”

He goes to Catholic school, remember
My dad’s like, “Mom, you use your money”
White, wheat, rye
Egg steak
Yeah
You want to check that
Wanted to make sure you wanted it
Are you done
Onion, cheese omelette
You said you liked ‘um
What do you want to do
Alright
Too old
One of the dishwashers that one kid on Sunday
Make half for yourself
Worry about everyone else’s friends
I had to go out back and steal one
I just did it
I used to
Now we’ve got the bagels and English muffins
You want regular or sugar-free
Oh my head hurts
The crap she’s been through
I’d like a glass of water too, please
What do you want
Remember him talking
I’ve got it started
You see my cook someplace
You all set, ladies
What kind of toast
You’ve got a lot
Come here for lunch when she took the day off
Don’t be saying that
Have to start being confident
I think that was no lie
There is no reason for a kid to be that bold
Everybody goes there
Well you know something
Jerry’s one of those people that hates... Doesn’t like
Wipe it up down there
Who was there last night
The guy wouldn’t let me in
Well I don’t
I went in
Oh, I’m sorry
Went up and gave him a hug
Seventeen inch tires on those cars
This person’s expensive
The first one in the dealership
I want the 2003
How far was it from your house.



“The Woman with the Jet Black Hair Rarely Speaks”

Had a juke box
So I borrowed it for a couple days
I called his lawyer
He looks good
We had a very short visit
The morning’s not the best
What’s happening
Is it in the book
Very active woman
Very sweet to my kids
Slowly, slowly, get to experience this
Santa Claus rally
Three hundred of them
Everybody’s good
All spinach pie for me
I’m going for the record
You love it, huh?
You eat healthy food
More as you get older
Brittany’s cheerleading
It’s just that you rarely remember stuff
Then if there is, I’ll never hear the end of it
Died in 1997
Football
Make a touchdown
I want your dad to say that
Walked over in the morning
Ashley’s teams on the Superbowl
She’s really good
She’s been really sick
Menu?
No the usual
They have a lot of snow days


“Dogma Breakfast”

My child
All the information out there
Twenty, twenty-two degrees
Yeah, but
They’re all gathered
Pick your side at the time he comes down
Sunny side up
Savings
Loving creator save your child from death row
When Satan takes your husband
Thrown down
He’s sent down there
What he said
Opened his hand and said all the governments of the world are yours
Whose are they now? That’s why I don’t like the governments
Who is the ultimate power?
It just makes me
Man needs an excuse
Off the laws
he is a man
I find it hard to leave it up to one man

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