ELEVATOR GALLERY

ELEVATOR GALLERY Hieronymus Bach & His Bacchantes When we got our first piano installed in the living room my sisters raved and clapped and danced. BUT MA I wailed amid the din WHICH END DO YOU BLOW ON? Prehistory Revisited Back in high school my pal Charlie sitting in the front seat of his Mustang at the drive in burger joint got his kicks lighting farts like he was the first caveman inventing how to inspire laughter by expiring fire Busker We were passing the Venus de Milo. A Policeman stood in front of it: Nothing to see here. Please move along. Nothing to see here. Just move along. We tossed a few coins into the hat at his feet. He was right about the arms anyway. At least we could see that. Paleolithic Monday Night Football Snack Slip open bag of fresh popcorn & peer inside: cavern full of human skulls: archaic echo crunch crunch of massacre as Bears maul Giants on ESPN Cold Refusal So this last sheet in the box of Kleenex doesn’t want to come out. Feels your fingertips scrabbling for contact. Doesn’t want to be touched plucked up by the nape like Leda. Not this last sheet Mr. Poet you’re no swan and I’m not coming. Morning Warning Perhaps the most dangerous thing a geezer can do is put on a pair of trousers standing up: it is like stepping into a swamp of mouths Carpe Diem Weather Report TODAY: Sunny & Mild TUE: Cloudy & Windy WED: Scattered Showers THUR: Thunderstorms FRI: Hail Size of Basketballs SAT: Hurricanes SUN: Pitch Darkness All “Day” Long MON: You Don’t Want to Know