THE MUSEYou owe me. Pay up. According to my accounts, you have...
CASUAL FRIENDSend lies to the people listed below....
THE AWARDS COMMITTEEThis is to notify you that--but what's the use?...
THE WISEThe world could fall to pieces with no notice....
UNCLE ALA chicken is a touchy creature....
THE OTHERSHere where we live the lines are down and the surprises build into snowbanks...
DANNYDusty Clinton Township kids making paper roosters and snowball...
SAMUEL RENSBERGER I am your grandfather's grandfather and through my wakeless sleep I dream...
OLD NEIGHBOREast across low muddy fields and behind the screening trees you can see...
THE WORM COUNCILWe call your attention to worms. Though sweeping ice age disaster...
THE HERONI flew in down by the round deep pond behind your house...
WITNESSI saw the largest moon ever rise huge bright yellow, sailing where it cared to...
MY ANCESTORS
My ancestors abound within me:
one of them was stupid.
Fields pressed down with a mat of grasses,
houses squatting to spread lawns,
bright clover right up to the fence,
made him think he knew where his place was
like a beast coming up to its stall
satisfied. He had warm sides, an open mouth,
and a hollow place in the head
he filled up with devotion and trust,
simple trust, a trust so stupid
he thought the world
was always and everywhere a blessing.