Well, your mother (actual or mythical, or both)
clearly makes a good subject for you, Joe. I really
like the way the poem kicks off (literally) with her,
then circles back to childhood at the end with the
unexpected entry of Lemony Snicket. (Not to rub salt
in the wound, but he's a marvelous writer, isn't he?)
It seems to me that Mom could have cut down on the
traffic of poets simply by getting it on with Oscar
Williams himself, himself. But then you'd never have
met the utterly lovable Poet X, would you?
Why don't you write a Phil Rizzo-style play-by-play
commentary for your fantasy-poetry teams? One like he
does in the middle of the Jim Steinman/Meatloaf song
"Paradise By The Dashboard Light ." It could be
brilliant!
Candice
Stop right there!
(Jim Steinman)
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