Earth Day Dump

PAYING THE BEVERAGE

Two hand-lettered signs above the cooler:
Por favor, pagar la bebida antes de tomar. Gracias.
Please, pay the beberage before you drink. Thank you.

GENE HARRIS

Everybody's happy when Gene's here!

The big smiling man at the piano
Reaching in and pulling tunes from his suit coat pocket
Like a favorite uncle handing out C-notes.

WHISK

Preheat.
Drain.
Melt.
Crush.
Whisk.

Mix.
Pour.
Place.
Bring.
Whisk.

Remove.
Allow.
Whisk.

Whisk.
Whisk constantly.
Whisk until tender.
Whisk until fragrant.
Chill.

GIRLS GONE FLY FISHING

"You think you've flown before, but you ain't left the ground."
From "The Best Is Yet To Come" by Leigh and Coleman

Nothing stays anywhere.
Nature of the beast.


WHAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD TO DO

Is to go up to that table
And ask if anybody's got a Sharpie.


THOSE CREATIVE TYPES

Heavy heads
Fallen to the sidewalk
Like camellias.


A GOOD BURMESE PR FIRM

But still no government to be a monk under.


STIFLING

Asterisks in sundresses
Frizzy hair
Besides hats
Seahorses attached to meaty ears.
But people stink
And you'll live longer by not staring.

Red brick hot to the touch.
Riders in buses and trains
Packed in stank juice.
No fresh air until after midnight.
Seattle can get that way.


EDWARD HOPPER

Big windows,
Tight dresses.

CORE COMPETENCIES

I'd like to think we're all that stupid.

MAYBE THAT ICE CREAM WILL HELP

Maybe that ice cream will help.
What?

Maybe that ice cream will help.
Help what?


ROADSIDE INSISTENCE

A mocha in Barrilocha.
Mai tais in Van Nuys.


HELLO.
MY NAME IS STONEY LONERVICH

I don't get mad.
I don't get even.

I wish I could share the stoke.
But I'm a stone loner.

And stone loners don't share.
Not that they don't want to.

They can't.
That's what it means to be a stone loner.

Don't get even.
Don't get mad.

My name is Stoney Lonervich
Hello.


HOT MOTHERS OF FOUR

One of them accused me
Of sexually harassing her because
I told her she was as hot as
Any hot mother of four
I'd ever known or heard of.
And I started down the list.

There were some hot
Mothers of four on that list.
Some people just can't take a compliment.


CHUCK

A man beyond segue,
He enters to his own flourish.