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poet, technologist, cynic, father of five, child of chaos, punker, prankster, patriot, punster, leftist, latino, japanophile, audiophile, beer drinker, quiche eater, dog walker, soft talker, deep thinker, shallow sleeper, introvert, covert operative in a parallel universe.

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    extra special bitter
    hops are bitter. life is bitter. coincidence?

    Wednesday, February 28, 2007

    Black Wednesday

    Black Wednesday —
    a homeless man sleeps
    on a Wall Street Journal

     

    Saturday, February 24, 2007

    daffodil shoots

    daffodil shoots in the snow —
    a lull in the conversation

     

    Thursday, February 22, 2007

    writer's block - in prose

    pen in hand
    I saw The Emperor Without Clothes
    and wrote... nothing
    my monogrammed, college-ruled notepad
    naked
    save my dry obligatory drivel
    my recycle bin of boilerplate verbiage:
    no pun too lame
    no cliche left behind.
    Is this what I’ve come to?
    words for words’ sake?
    words to mask the absence
    of words?
    in a word:
    yes.

     

    Wednesday, February 21, 2007

    writer's block

    writer’s block —
    sidewalk snowmelt
    ankle deep

     

    Tuesday, February 20, 2007

    three-day weekend

    three-day weekend —
    I give the homeless man
    my last dollar

     

    Friday, February 16, 2007

    The many faces of ESB

    Outside of the work place, ESB is none other than Extra Special Bitter. I am driven to consume said beverage of mass destruction by another ESB, the Enterprise Service Bus. Which ESB do you prefer?

     

    I am not one in a million...

    I am evidently one in slightly less than five million...


    HowManyOfMe.com
    LogoThere are:
    64
    people with my name
    in the U.S.A.

    How many have your name?

     

    black ice

    black ice —
    a dream
    about an old lover

     

    Thursday, February 15, 2007

    writer's block

    writer’s block —
    a reflection
    in the train window

     

    Wednesday, February 14, 2007

    Extra Special M&M



    Mrs. Bitter is a very busy person, but she somehow found the time to make me into an M&M. No wonder she’s my Valentine.

     

    Valentine's Day

    Valentine’s Day —
    Cupid won’t
    shovel the sidewalk

     

    Thursday, February 08, 2007

    writer's block

    writer’s block —
    a rusty snow shovel
    in the trash

     

    Wednesday, February 07, 2007

    Wednesday —
    an off taste
    in my microwave lunch

     

    Monday, February 05, 2007

    bitter cold

    bitter cold —
    a man trims his nails
    on the train

     

    Saturday, February 03, 2007

    first snow —
    my daughter hides
    her “Shape” magazine

     

    Friday, February 02, 2007

    Ground Hog Day

    Ground Hog Day —
    a head pops up
    above my cubicle wall

     

    Thursday, February 01, 2007

    deep winter

    deep winter —
    a stray dog sniffs
    an empty coffee cup

     

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