Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Happy Birthday to Me

No real post, except to say that it was a delightful birthday. It's funny, though--I always wished desperately to be home on my birthday, and I was and it was great...but I really missed all of my school friends.

A new poem about pronunciation, choral and otherwise.

We argue about the y
no, not why—too many people
arguing that
no, I mean the y that isn’t
that lives in knew
—or new, for that matter—
without that absent y it’s
gnu, some freak cattle
instead of fresh or knowing
passed tense
(note to selves: to discuss later
passed tense or past tense?
and what kind of syllogism is that?)
no new, without that y
without that y
that you—knyou, n-you
it’s all just cattle

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