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Wearing Superman's Cape

Wearing Superman's Cape

A student gave me Superman’s cape, a parting gift when leaving my class. I put it on to pick my daughters up, watched it flutter a little in the wind and I guess the glasses pull together the whole Clark Kent look. The little one sucks on the corner

86 Bacon Until We Get Another Brown Marker

86 Bacon Until We Get Another Brown Marker

It might only be a 20 dollar hunk of cardboard from Target, but we threw it together in about half an hour with the proper A1 flap into the proper A1 slot and with a little coloring it’s a regular food truck slinging whatever we have on tap for

Apathy

Apathy

Do the macarena, the cupid shuffle, the hoedown throwdown,

you're too cool now

you're too cool now

remember years ago / it feels like a multiverse

Axis of Gratitude

Axis of Gratitude

Now please move that finger from the center of my left palm to the middle of my open wrist. This was the first movement you ever did when I met you standing at the bar like Samson.

The Little Mermaid, Restrictive Parenting and Time Being a Joke

The Little Mermaid, Restrictive Parenting and Time Being a Joke

A Collaborative Poem

I (Don't) Fuck With Cocaine

I (Don't) Fuck With Cocaine