Frodo Retires

Frodo Retires (2008)

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In the Shire
now somewhat worse for wear
Wise Sam hastening to marry Rosie
blots out all talk

of a Phoenix sequel.
Frodo sells his hobbit hole and pawns
a gold ring for a hospice bed
in Rove Country.

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Grinch Epiphany

Grinch Epiphany (2008)

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Sure to bring back holiday
memories almost as amusing as the story
of Mary's delivery. Blog that bit. We Three Kings
of Seuss are foregoing frankincense
for a bailout as Whoville
preps for layoffs. Maybe bankers
in their Wall St. bunkers
will kick back their free loot
in a new animated special. Forget Christmas.
Someone stole the global economy.

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The Island of Misfit Toys

The Island of Misfit Toys (2008)

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Peace and joy to everyone this holiday season.

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The Bane of Beach Volleyball

The Bane of Beach Volleyball (2008)

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Long Beach
stats of high school
girls have come to the end

of the Hamptons. You're yearning
for things only Xtreme
and just one good Russian

clothing store. Dead or alive?
you say. On sexy beach? you say.
Which am I

I wonder as pixels of HD
grains stir each Misty May serve.
And how many

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The Son I Never Had

The Son I Never Had (2008)

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A new abstract...

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The Shogun Enters

The Shogun Enters (2008)

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As the clock moved towards 10 in the morning, and again at two in the afternoon and eight in the evening, there was a great flurry and bustle throughout the palace. The highest-ranking women made their way to the Upper Bell Corridor, which led to the double door between the men’s and women’s palaces. As the castle drums sounded the hour, the cluster of bells that hung by the door jangled.

One maid remembered how fearful she was of cleaning them. The bells were only supposed to ring when the shogun entered the women’s palace, and anyone who rang them at any other time was severely punished. But the trouble was that the slightest move set them jangling. Dusting and polishing them were terrifying tasks.

When the bells sounded, shaven-headed nuns who acted as officials unfastened the locks, drew aside the bolts and slid open the door. Men waited on the other side, but only one stepped through: the shogun.
--"The Caged Concubines," TimesOnline

I don't get quite the same treatment when I come home. Here's what happens: My cat wakes up, yawns, arches her back while stretching, meanders slowly over to her food dish, sits impassively, and stares at me.

You tell me. Who is the shogun, and who is the servant?

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Gort Takes a Sick Day

Gort Takes a Sick Day (2008)

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After a bitter unseasoned vegetable
dish the vet took

two shots to the torso. Radishes bled
like chopped up bolts.

Reparation lawyers beamed down.
Off switch or soup?

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Juggling Accident

Juggling Accident (2008)

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With barbecues abounding
I bookmarked my personal life. Was it
that chainsaw idea? Shock Video
does not recommend bowling balls. I made
one pigeon into ceramic icons. A ring
right in my face was so undignified
I got grilled by cops with cleavers who said
knot theory threw my game
off and back out before I lost my voice.

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Mr. Hyde

Mr. Hyde (2008)

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A strange case.
A corpse trail.

Take a potion
sorrier than origami attacks
or a King special.

Avenge the death
of tech-boom billionaires
and break their canes.

Your two-faced drive
and your dark side screen shots
make a mannered demon.

Quaff that crap down.
Be worse but more.

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Cleo

Cleo (2008)

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I recall how Caesar and Cleo
Made love in the Milky Way
They needed boats and armies to get there
I know there's a better way
--Neil Young, "Sedan Delivery"

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How about some music to wash down today's image?

"Sedan Delivery" by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Bonnaroo Music Festival, 6-13-2003

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