50: Is the Old Fifty
50 is the old fifty
If you can 50, you can 60
When you write 50 publish 50
50 might be your muse
50 may very well be the “this” and the “that” of you
50 is the number of ways to leave your lover
Sometimes 50-50 is wrong
Sometimes 50-50 is correct
50 is a speed limit from the 60’s
In five years a 50-year old can claim to be a speeder
Consider adopting the high 50 versus the high 5
Who is on the $50 bill? Rags Slyest Sun
Search results for 50 on Slang.org: nothing found
She is the 50th most common word used in the English language
Former Boyfriend is Interrogated by Chinese Laundress on
Upper East Side Commencing with Two Questions and
Concluding with a Statement.
You married? No
You engaged? No
You gay.
My Mother's Hands
My mother’s hands, here before me
tools with tomboy appeal
gripping tree limbs to prune, yes
but more likely climbing to see farther
Fingertips fashioning flour into flaky wonders
commanding kitchen stage props
loosening flavors from garden greens and herbal treasures
Never saturnine when challenged by domesticity
always the right amount of oil
never the greasy aftermath
Younger arms carrying the weight of family life
older arms easing her husband to the final resting
fully aware she needs but two simple tools to help the living
No Appointment Necessary…Ever
Inspired by Representative Joe Wilson’s outburst, “You lie” during President
Obama’s speech to Congress.
There is store front sign which tells us that no appointment is necessary…ever
There is a book that uses architectural photographs to document
New York City history
There is a magazine clipping where an art hotel in Louisville, Kentucky
invites us to relax among the Andres Serranos
And one where the museum suggests we come see art where the rubber
meets the sublime
There is a map of a Hudson River town which details tourist site, hotels
and bars
There is a postcard with a cutout which reads, “click”, it’s an invitation to an
art opening
There is an autographed “love always” on the back of collateral that “was at
hand”
There is a website that gives us about/and home/recommended links and more
There is a photo downloaded from a website where jiffy pop above a door
frame stands in as a fire detector
There is a blog which details a Parisian’s friend’s radiation therapy and
subsequent debilitating surgery
There is a flickr page which documents an event about “Adopting-a-Highway”
There is a tweet which informs subscribers why, where and when they
should care
And there is a shout out from an audience member, “You lie…spoken word
is the killer app!"