Found this one, too.

Found this in an old folder

Poem

What do I like about it? -It's an actual (vs contrived) list -Some initial letters are missing, some have multiple entries -It's the colloquial, the colorful names, keeps you asking questions, is it risque, racist, physically descriptive, an allusion to folklore? -It's not pedantic

"mity cheese" is one of my earliest memories from Ulysses

Mighty Mouse mity cheese

I wrote a note on Substack. As I finished, I got a notification. Turned out to be notifying me that I just posted a note. C'mon.

You know those guys? Don't be like those guys.

Three trains on the way to school this morning. Bed frame in the middle of the road. Be careful out there

Just saw a picture of a young Billy Joel pounding the keyboard with the caption Why is AI Making Us So Crazy? Took me a minute to realize they were separate items on the news feed. Although, Billy Joel could probably write a pretty good AI is making me crazy song.

My wife is teaching Corrie ten Boom's The Hiding Place in her 7th grade humanities class. This is the middle school our kids go to. Christian School. They have led parents through an anti-racism program. They teach the Christian duty to fight for the oppressed. I like 'em.

As snug as a bug in arugula

the stomach for it a head for business a face for radio an eye for beauty

Radio just played Let My Love Open the Door by the Who

Just booked airline tickets for my whole family—all 8 of us!—from Indianapolis to Portland for a 6-day Spring Break vacation! What an ordeal! We are going with Alaska Airlines. The absolute cheapest seats. An all-day adventure to get there! Good friends waiting for us. We can afford this.

"Jackass will jump and bray Let him bray, let him bray!" open.spotify.com/track/4fASYM...

The Olivegarchy

When Mary Oliver said: May I never not be frisky, May I never not be risque. 😍

I have lost my voice.

Dune 2 others as you’d have Dune 2 you

inordinately charmed by the hibernating mister softees

We are all nillionaires

Movies about voyeurism Songs about being on the road Novels about isolation

No universals Except in particulars

Okee trochee, artichokee!

Child asking me about photographs in my office… ”…is this one your mother, or your teacher?” “That is Iris Murdoch, my favorite novelist and philosopher” “Is this one your mother?” “…that is also Iris Murdoch.”

The flu. Wow. I am living in a cocoon. I did two hours of work today and other than that it's been feeding the baby, feeding myself, and napping. Now I'm picking up schoolkids.

Chicken soup and rosemary crackers. The ship was very hot. The crackers were very strong. Now, a nap.

Antihistamines do not speed it up

Thinking is really slow work.

Rīga. The frozen Daugava seen from Ķīpsala.

Reading about religion in America in the 1800s and have learned that the heyday for homemade 'zines was about 1840-1890

No snow to speak of here in Indianapolis. I have the flu. (It's been going through the household, so no surprise.) I am behind in my work, but I have done several good and important things instead. Reading about the Seventh Day Adventists

Good morning, friends!

Kids are in bed. Laundry is running. Helped neighbor having seizure. (Doctor neighbor was there too so I was just helping.) Got antibiotics for the baby. My fever is rising. Did homework catch-up with two kids who have been sick but are returning. Made it to church. I'm taking a bath.

Thrilled to announce that the tub drains properly now

The Gen-X urge to thank you for letting me be myself again

Dear East coast, Are you snow yet?

Shutter Island Since we started having kids I cannot watch kids in peril. I generally like horror movies but roughly 50% of them are non-watchable now.

Earache! at the Urgent Care

Stay in. Read books.

Lung Lunging

In whatever small scene poetry community you are in, you can buy a $10 stapler and make zines of your community's stuff, like a yearbook. That is real cool. And/or you can decide to ask poets you super admire, out of your league even, for some work, and some just might give it to you. Just saying.

A Deli long-stapler is $9.99 on Amazon. Just saying.

Poem #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social Because, too, I'm against it, And not only because I hate you, I am embarrassed That my judgement Aligns with my bad behavior. I'm as bad as you, And I hope we both die And no one remembers We are buried together Under the sycamore At mile 184 on I40E.

Guy pointing at idle penny machine: Make it make cents!

Bookmark. Why not pagemark? Bookmark. Yep, it's a book. Bookmarked safe from being read.

The 1820s to the 1920s we're wild times in American religion

Your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist. I'm ok with this.

WORD FACT The “lit” in obliterate is the same as the “lit” in literature. To obliterate is to go against (ob- = against) the letter/script (littera = letter) — that is, to blot out or efface a text, and by extension, to completely destroy or wipe something out.