Not Everyone

by Sparrow, January 28, 2007

Bumper sticker:

UNSCRAMBLE THIS PHRASE:

UMPEACH BISH

Not Everyone

Not everyone

can write

a great

poem.

For example,

I can't.

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Eventually, movies will cost $200 to make, and $80 million to market.

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For some reason, Picasso never designed a set of playing cards.

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If swimming is a sport, why isn't strolling?

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I was substitute teaching, so I went to the library in the high school and looked at the Oxford English Dictionary. Soon I found two words: "dissoul" and "dissolveless."

"Dissoul" means "to remove the soul from." "Dissolveless" means "unable to be dissolved."

—

Bubblegum

Today I blow no

bubbles—I only chew.

Today is solemn.

 

 

Sparrow reads at February 3's Cafe Chronogram salon at Art on Wall in Kingston; visit www.chronogram.com for more information. America: A Prophecy—The Sparrow Reader is available at www.softskull.com.