Mark Metcalfe - "Sisyphus II", Copper Plate Etching
Copyright 2010. Image appears by permission of the artist.
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Friday, March 7, 2008

Week Eight

Jonastown is a Poem: Town Hall Slogans
Voting will begin tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. and end at 11:00 p.m.

A) Jonastown is the oil from
My hands that bumps something
Or that I slap down.

B) Jonastown is halfway between
Wife-beating and Masturbation.
Usually the ones who live here
Are men ages 12-55 & mermaids.

C) If Jonastown doesn't have
Any boxing matches, it's no good.

D) Is it Jonastown if it doesn't explode?
I don't think so, and neither does
Ray Charles (Blind Prophet of the South).

E) Jonastown is where Elvis (male, 18)
Was born.

F) Jonastown is something
That is coughed up.

G) Jonastown is an everyday affair
For a few.

H) Jonastown's hotels are full!
Come back later if you feel yer
Odds are better than 4:1!

I) Jonastown is busiest when
The gutters are full and
All the lights are on.

J) In Jonastown, yer
Either seller or consumer.




Sisypha's Initation: Extended Haiku

Sisypha steps forth
toward the knob on the door,
forward to water.

In a cotton dress,
white with holes on the side; grass:
No red anymore.

She has liquid flicked
upon, sort of, with a pour-
dousing-ish effect.

Made with ladybugs,
the field feels funny, itchy,
but so fabulous.

Walking away from,
she hopes her grandmother feels
sick for making her.

Now she is alone,
by herself in the field now.
This is it: okay.



The Great Lakes In Macedonia Will Hear My Groan; They Shall Know My Ferocity!

This Pen's a weapon.
Literally, I killed my
neighbor with it.

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