Check Box If Deceased
I'm sure lots of people have thought this, but: how could the network
that brought us The Simpsons, American Idol, Malcolm in the Middle, and Family
Guy not be cool enough not to have brought us the despicably fair and balanced
Fox News?
Living in Colorado is mostly a matter of gloating at the expense of the people
in Florida, New York and California. We have hot summers, but without the
bugs and humidity. We have beautiful autumns and springs. We have
winters, but it's not uncommon for it to be 60 in December. So what
happened? This morning, I'm doing my morning treadmill walk and I find
that Longmont is currently -4, Fort Collins is -8 and Greeley is -17.
These are towns not 30 minutes away by freeway. Meanwhile, the mountain
resorts are experiencing -15 to -25 degrees at night. I've actually
experienced -20 here for one day in 1991, but Coloradans treated that as a lark,
a day to go out and listen to our nose hairs crinkle and freeze. We've had
this stupid snow and cold for almost 4 weeks, and we've got another week until
they say it will be done. This is not Minnesota. By God's grace and
300 days of sun a year, we're supposed to have all the snow off the road 24
hours after the calamity strikes. Anyway, don't listen to me. And,
don't move here, we've got enough expatriates as it is.
More work I liked in Verse:
Brian Teare, Dead House Sonnet: "house of each sentence endlessly
hinged, house of each phrase opened elegy / entirely latches, exactly latches,
hasps, proliferant, endlessly opened, of doors, / termini effigies, each noun in
a house a nova of votives, ..."
Ed Davis, Pygmalion's Paper Anniversary: "There's that poor dope at
the end of the bar again, / mumbling into his fizz gin. I wonder if he's
forgotten / this time. I told him more than once she was better / off as
his showroom centerpiece."
Bruce Covey, Check Box If Deceased: " & in doing so, construct a
corner to the end / From which to construct a tower then & tower later /
Gracious rescue a ladder fire fallen dragon an apple pie"
I admit that I'm giving more ink to Verse because I am a contributor.
I just feel more beholden, I suppose.