Sleeping Over at Kyle's

Use the 12"
Magneto to
cover your retreat

He can control—and will—
the metal of the enemy
fleet.

Between door
jamb and bed
side table

treats. Computer
game defeats
and sleep.

Dania, Dan, Cheeba, Return of the Jedi

I was watching a movie
(Return of the Jedi) and
I had to pee, and to play
with a friend's friend's rat.

The first friend is Dania
the second friend is Dan
and the rat is actually a
Sugar Glider, which is like

a flying squirrel, only smaller.

Destroyer

I like to listen to Destroyer because
Dan Bejar is a cunning lyricist. And

because he isn't afraid of internal rhyme.
Or of using the same rhyme frequently.

the End of Critique Week

Critique week is over. It's
already Sunday morning.
It's Saturday night, early
in the morning. Every window
pane rattled singing, barely
restrained. I've still got a
paper to write. Only one for
finals. Because I already
wrote a novel this semester.
It's called "the Life of Cold,"
and I've disowned the sense
that any protagonist isn't me.

I may or may not have an
assignment due on Monday
for the History of Photography.
I only had to write two pages
about my place in this world
of art. And attend lectures
every Monday. For sixteen
weeks. Minus two when Alan
was in Russia. And two I skipped,
or three. Literature theory
is the class I've got to write the
paper for. I don't know it.

Or anything. I've got to find an
article on jstor to compare
with something we read this
semester. I've got to re-write
a chapter of the book for the
reading in two weeks. I don't
know which one I'll use. I've
got to call the bank, a third
time. I've got to find a new
place to live, and new people
to live there with. My room-
mates are all going home.

Callie is going to Seattle, Vinnie
is going back to Portland in
Oregon. Dania's here with me.

Electrical Sockets

Electrical sockets
pockets full
coffee.
New jeans that
everybody's wearing
new jeans.

Glare off the screen
Everyone is beaming here.
We're done
a ton of shit
incomplete
Graduate, defeat.

Something lusted
after. Red pleather
handbag. Christopher
Guest.
Harrison Ford. Faint
we're quaint.

Light

(for Callen)

Savory maltodextrin
powder coating
Sondre Lerche for children.
Gentle-
men. A sense
of then.
A sharp quill,
pen.

Gawdy wooden jewelry
bought off online:
opposites.
Sit
gently down in the
new grass. This
summer
will pass.