I remember
Old Noseless Joe
and all of his
life lessons.
He’d say to me,
“George, if put
your nose to the
grind-stone,
you will
experience some
intense pain.
So, I wouldn’t
recommend that.”
I remember
Old Noseless Joe
and all of his
life lessons.
He’d say to me,
“George, if put
your nose to the
grind-stone,
you will
experience some
intense pain.
So, I wouldn’t
recommend that.”
Life can be unfair.
Take me, for example.
I lost my hair,
my father, he lost
his hair, and
yet, to the day he died,
my grand-father
had a full head of
fiery red hair,
though he had it
on his buttocks.
.
2.
I’m an easy-going
guy.
When I go into a
shoe-store and
they ask me what
size do I want,
I say, what
size do you got?
q.
Did you hear about
the guy who passed a
kidney stone on the
highway?
a.
It scared him
to death,
he thought it was
a cop!
.
My boss said
I would find a
“little something extra”
in my pay envelope
this week,
but it turned out
to be
some warm spit.
“I’ll give you
something to
cry about,”
said the Bully,
***
handing me his copy
of the book,
Bridge to Terabithia
***
Then he punched me
in the face, anyway.
***
“That’s in case you’re illiterate,”
said the Bully.
.
2.
.
q.
Did you hear about the
automobile accident
between two hearses?
a.
The drivers are ok
but both passengers died,
about a week earlier.
.
Sometimes, on a
warm Summer night,
I’ll stand naked
on my balcony, look up
at the moon, and
wonder if the moon
can see me too.
***
Can you see me Old Moon?
***
But the moon
says nothing
***
I know my neighbors can see me,
***
because they won’t
shut up about it.
***
But I’m wondering about the moon.
.
2.
Each time
I see the film,
Citizen Kane,
I see
something
different.
***
For example,
***
the last time
I saw
Citizen Kane
I saw bugs
crawling up
my legs
and I had to be
restrained
by Security.
***
… And yet
***
is that not
the mark of
a great film?
.
I remember
when I was
five or six
***
a crazy old man
took up
residence in
the abandoned
well on
our property.
***
he was always yelling, as I recall.
***
Then, one day,
he moved away.
***
Soon after
a skeleton
moved in.
***
Weird but true.