I’ll begin in the morning on Monday. I can’t possibly diet today. I’ll be having lunch out, Just a salad no doubt, But I can’t start a diet that way. And I can’t start a diet on Friday. Friday’s too close to Saturday night. And a brief interlude With some non-diet food, On a weekend, […]
Poetry 91
Nicole Steinberg: Talking to Girls About the Good Ol’ Number-Two Taboo
Every day I wage a good Google fight against the other Nicole Steinbergs: the graphic designer, the soccer player, the dental hygienist. I pet the collar of my coat like a bristling cat. Even my clothes want to attack. I’m the only real me and the only real things about me are the hairs I […]
Nicole Steinberg: Squick
The problem with shadows is they all look like dogs. Remember that time on Friends when Phoebe rescues a cat and claims it’s her dead mother reincarnated? Ross takes the piss ’cause he’s a mean piece of shit. The others guilt him into mumbled apologies. An audience of 53 million davens approval. Logic is a […]
Scott T. Starbuck: Haiku at 70
Fishing, I unzip and stampede a herd of elk. I am still a man.
Laura Spagnoli: Oh Look At the Time
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Laura Spagnoli: Celebrity Dream
I’m at a script meeting with writer/producer Jenji Kohan when she asks me to write a scene for Weeds. We have no pen or paper so I sketch some ideas using white‐out on a bunch of empty potato chip bags. The actors are in the room with us and some type of Hollywood Magic compels […]