Seven Things

for Rebecca Loudon

1.     A few bars of air guitar.

2.     A large carton of figs.

3.     Speech balloons.

4.     Yet to be named moons.

5.     Pools full of salmon.

6.     Yards of tulle.

7.     Tom Cruise.

Seven Things

for Richard Lopez

1.     Never ending horror movie trailers.

2.     Amplifier buzz.

3.     Dried pumpkin seeds.

4.     McCrary emerging from a cloud of pungent smoke.

5.     The ultimate mix tape.

6.     A funhouse mirror.

7.     Our road trip mirages.

Seven Things

for Mark Young

1.     Barre chords against a matte sky.

2.     Whatever floats your bowler hat.

3.     A pipe that is a pipe.

4.     A pipe that is altogether something else.

5.     Feedback loops.

6.     Internests.

7.     Nostrums for the monsters.

Seven Things

for Jessica Grim

1.     La A.

2.     La B.

3.     La C.

4.     La D.

5.     La E.

6.     La F.

7.     La Gee.

Seven Things

for Eileen Tabios

1.     Wedding dress made of poetry.

2.     Informercial for entropy.

3.     Chiaroscuro obbligatos.

4.     Unlimited sex changes.

5.     Musical chairs.

6.     Chain of custody.

7.     Odor of sanctity.

          

Seven Things

for Thomas Fink

1.     A coloratura for your thoughts.

2.     The uneasy agency of shadows.

3.     Vowels out the yazoo.

4.     Voices .

5.     Pentatonic scales.

6.     Bent notes.

7.     Waking with the fishes.

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Seven Things

for Noone

1.     White noise.

2.     Black magic.

3.     Garage bands.

4.     Homemade remedies.

5.     Forgotten seizures.

6.     Misbegotten dreams.

7.     Madrigals