Sooper Delishus.

Or, “Where Half My Stuff Came From”
IKEA!
Where the only thing promised
Is anything you could ever need, for the rest of your life
IKEA!
Where magic lurks in every corner
Which is a lot, because the pathways all have fifteen right angles
IKEA!
Where we shuffle past fully furnished rooms
Exhibits of how we already live
People at a people museum
IKEA!
Where they possess […]

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… or, “The Sidewalk Pick & Roll”
We get it
You have youth, you have ideals
You want to make things better
You want to matter
And impress girls
But dude, seriously
I’m just trying
To get some lunch
And so
No offense
But I am going to use
The person walking in front of me
As a blocker.

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…or, “This Is What I Get For Watching Historical Documentaries”
Sometimes
As I walk around Lower Manhattan
I imagine that I am walking in the company
Of Alexander Hamilton
Showing him the city that he built
The financial engine of the world
A system that he put in motion
We walk past the columns of the stock market
Looming mere feet from where his […]

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Hark! Young man, venture not into that night
Without a back-up plan
For yea, it is indeed a great thing
To live within a five minute walk
From the old-school independent movie house
But
You are not
The only genius who thought to see
No Country For Old Men
The weekend after the Oscars were announced
And brother, it is damn cold outside.
There Will […]

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… or, “I’m Probably The One With The Problem”
You sat still and proper
Your yogurt low-fat, plain, sensible
You did not rustle the bag
You did not breathe through your nose
You brought your own spoon
The right thing to do
And only clicked your teeth on the metal
Once or twice
You were done by 57th Street
And yet
It still drove me
Up the […]

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