Listen to Your Union Workers
I, too, have flown Southwest. Scrambled
for my window seat, bedraggled
by long lines like herds of cattle.
Loved to travel. Loved to travel—
If You Give a Government Trapper a Roadkill Armadillo
If you give a government trapper /
a roadkill armadillo, /
he’s likely to take it home.
The Closing List
turn the signs, close the blinds, lock the door
count the till, clean the grill, sweep and mop the floor
put all the receipts in a drawer
The Sister of Icarus
At the craft store, two angel wings
reveal themselves under the sheer
shirt of the girl in front of me.
How to Become a Happy Woman, e.g.
First, get a hose.
Even if there’s a water shortage due to drought,
Stand around dousing the grounds for hours and hours.
I mean relentlessly.
