Upside down
is prince as clown
is swim as drown
is sticks as town
is grin as frown
is blue as brown
Up sighed “down”.
Patrick Malmsey, Collected Poems.
“I attack materialism. I mock all forms of sophistication. I expose the hilarity (and the mystery) of the written word. That’s about it.”
Dennis Waverly, A Woman in Gray.
We’re soccer thugs
And we’ll turn your lugs
And steal your bloody tire, sir.
We’ve got sad mugs
And like great jugs
And we will earn your ruddy ire, sir.
E. E. Bynum, A Thump Upon the Head (and Other Poems).
“Personally, I don’t think that a bathroom requires a chandelier. But there stood Candace, ready to insist on one.”
Park V. Kessler, Nearly Happy.
“Because it is not pop music, that’s why. In materialist terms, it’s probably not music at all.”
Dennis Waverly, A Woman in Gray.
October 11, 2014. Prospect for a new hobby: Hold a small scrap of paper (or tissue) while standing. Release same, and then go lurching after it. Come what may.
Reginald Boyington, Dear Dreadful Diary.
A wooden house sat large and lonely, in fading light. On either side stood blackened trees. The house was foreboding—almost frightening—as though it were sending a signal. Suddenly, within the dream itself, I realized that I had been examining a photograph. Black-and-white, and bearing distinct marks of folding.
Brendan Sander, Speaking in Wonders.
“It’s the name of a painting, Amelia. That’s all we know. I mean, what kind of person gives a name to a picture?”
Dennis Waverly, A Woman in Gray.
“You have to be willing to learn a few things, Cynthia. After all, getting rid of stuff is kind of fun once you get started.”
Park V. Kessler, Nearly Happy.
They found themselves in the midst of what interior decorators refer to as an “ottoman crisis”.
Chase Tipton, Enjoying Prison Pizza.
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