Monday, March 5, 2012

Thank you, Sunday

Let's sing a song for Sunday,
Chanteuse, nocturnal muse,
And night-nurse.
We couldn't hate you,
Your wake-up call so sweet,
The anti-lullaby.
Thanks for singing us awake
For morning smokes, and meditations
On snow-crusted granite.

Thanks for staying up--
Listening to snores
And finishing our puzzles--
Warming your voice for sunrise.

Tony Degan

Tony Degan, Tony Degan, next time

You take my lunch money

I’m going to tell my brother because

People like you

Deserve

To get the shit beat out of them

Sometimes, too

Thursday, December 29, 2011

The mouse's mouth

Forbidden bits
The mouse's mouth
Forever seems to seek
The cheeky mouse
For choicest cheese
Is anything but meek
They found, these
Sixteen, seventeen
Blind, brown mice
The nicest bits
The bestest bits
(Are these new bits
If they've bitten before?)
Do their blind, blue eyes
Know the difference?
Would they nibble
Anyway, a little bitter
To sniff and whisper
"I've had better"
And blink, forget,
Proceed?