The Ghost of Frank O’Hara
The ghost of Frank O’Hara taps me on / the shoulder whispering / and what about …
Tributes
Baghdad, Mon Amour
You cannot be crucified
On the side of a page
Of a story that is not your own,
Nor to the rhythm of the deaths that brood your plagues
Because there will be no cry to relieve your grief.
Four Guys and a Truck
The rooms were stolen by four guys who joked about everything I owned …
Charlie Chaplin & Me
Legend has it that Charlie Chaplin placed third
in a Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike Contest. Now
that I’ve been threatened suit for stealing a stranger’s
image for my author photo, I know how he feels.