1. cop helicopter
carving grooves into the blue + cloud sky
out my window
circling back
2. you can call me roughrider
anytime
3. every shuttlebus boarding these days
i cannot help but think of a zipper
coming together
as the crowd eventually funnels down to two lines
merging at the door
4. shadows of pigeons lined along the arm of a stoplight
at the intersection of washington and dove
5. LANGUAGE WORLD
store sign
all capital white letters
perched on secondstorey roof
i remember
the store in minneapolis that charley used to work at
only their sign was in neon instead of flat white
SEX WORLD
6. honey in a tiny glass jar
was it from holland or sweden?
7. she used the words
slew and bevvy
in the same sentence
she must be
channeling joolie
8. discussing
the difference between
permission and foreclosure
9. sew a wick into a book spine
and sell it with a box of matches
10. the january we froze
trying to hold class in a room
colder than the air outside
11. never apologize from the stage
she says
unless you’ve set someone on fire
and in that case
say
‘how can i help you?‘
12. sticker on shuttlebus windowlever:
watermelon.
contains cannabis.
for medical use only.