ANOTHER POETRY READING AND GRATUITOUS KITTEN PICS

I fly out tomorrow to Asheville, North Carolina, where I will be giving a poetry reading on Thursday night at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Click here for details.

I seem to be dealing with my rage regarding the dog poop in my back yard a little bit better today, and the basement laundry issues have been resolved, much to the delight of some of the resident cats.

In the meantime, I leave you with the following exceedingly silly homage to Wallace Stevens:

(Not Even Close To) Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Bean Bean

I.

The mailman is knocking.
The Bean Bean farts
a little and blames it on
one of the other cats.

II.

A lawn mower
crescendos and decrescendos.
The Bean Bean purrs.

III.

No one really knows
the Bean Bean.
They think they do.
But they don't.
Not really.

IV.

Outside, tulips swell
and burn like lipstick-
colored lanterns.
All that thriving
makes the Bean Bean
rather sleepy.

V.

All the furry mice
have been kicked
beneath the stove.
The Bean Bean
is serene.

VI.

It was breakfast
all through brunch.
The Bean Bean said
You big freak . . .
enough already!