Edku: November 1999

Move backwards to October 1999.

1.
I scratch my belly
An ape, sitting at my desk.
ook ook, computer

--jhardin@sbc-adv.com

2.
Steinbrenner butts out.
Joe Torre wins it again.
"Hey, George! Butt back in!"

--LeeMalone@aol.com

3.
W.'s IQ
will lower bar for White House.
Anyone can be...

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

4.
WalMart needs big space,
Supervisors lick chops; grin,
They have "NO" power.

--DeltaLee Bilderback, poetd@juno.com

5.
You know where you stand.
But you don't know where he stands.
George W. Bush.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

6.
Sleepy tomato,
dangling peacefully from vine,
humming lullabies.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

7.
Republican plan:
Low taxes, low wages, low...
Say Mississippi.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

8.
The make and the mild
Tragically pained and hungry
But they have their god

--Jennifer McFadden

9.
Tomatoes riot,
colliding, smashing, squishing,
till none left to eat.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

10.
Gleaming scarlet leaf,
vain in its lofty splendor,
feels gravity's tug.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

11.
Vegetarians.
United in the garden.
"No meat forever!"

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

12.
Better than starving.
'Tis the season for bad taste.
Rutabagas wait.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

13.
Geneology.
Rutabaga history.
Revealing their roots.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

14.
Rutabaga sliced.
Undercut by shallow spade.
Wandering rootless.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

15.
Rutabaga strikes.
Refuses to be eaten.
Millions cheer good news.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

16.
Root cellar surprise.
Rutabaga sees the light.
Just kid with flashlight.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

17.
Newest form of "KU."
Universal repellent.
Rutabagaku.

--Lee Malone, leemalone@aol.com

18.
Pikachu, Squirtle.
Pokémon ruling the world.
These things are stupid!

--Brian Blau, topshapebb@aol.com

19.
Clap! The gavel falls.
Through gaps in shuddering leaves:
The bright hungry soil.

--Jim Ferry, jferry@alum.mit.edu

20.
A glimpse of the field
Expansively opens doors
To a sad closed soul.

--Justin Delaney, jddelan@banet.net

21.
Given in to thought
I've read on yet unimpressed
Read on more--not I

--MISTY J. SHAW, mistys@parr.com

22.
Pink-skinned baby crawls,
destination yet unknown,
curious world waits.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

23.
Striped cat stalks red bird;
indiff'rent Nature watches;
breeze blows scent wrong way.

--Dogsruleus@aol.com

24.
she waits on lust-stained
sheets for his affirmation
of her worthiness

--PawPrintMs@aol.com

25.
Shocking pink winter
Solstice baby with fire hair
And a fragile heart

--PawPrintMs@aol.com

26.
Watching his silent
sleep, she breathes in his beauty
and prays for his peace.

--PawPrintMs@aol.com

27.
"freedom needs limits
pass me some more cocaine, boys"
executive perk

--jhardin@sbc-adv.com

28.
Congress, the obverse
of progress, nothing gets done
but their pay goes up.

--jhardin@sbc-adv.com

29.
Ghost of his father
whispers wishes of greatness.
He already is.

--PawPrintMs@aol.com

30.
Silent ice crystals
spider across my windshield.
Welcome, December!

--PawPrintMs@aol.com


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John Cho, jync@mit.edu