Marvin R. Hiemstra

USA

drollmarv@aol.com

FIRST

First plum blossom

petal

to escape

dots

the velvet brow

of a dog-tired

tomcat --

dozing in our garden,

dreaming

he

is

Buddha.

ROLLED OFF THE BAR, BABY!

The afternoon I lost
my belly button
was no different
than any other.

I felt a sharp
transformational itch.
What is going on
down there!?! Jack

Daniels on a Q-tip
should do it. Help!
There was no hint
of what had been

before: belly transformed
into a stemless
honeydew melon. Maybe
it's a good thing.

Now they can
never trace me back
to where I came
from. At last I'm free

to pick a fight
with Destiny.
I am what I am:
that ain't peanuts.

LUCK OF THE WEB

Please read aloud in your best John Wayne voice.

Bud and I took
a little sanity break
from those damn
iambic tumbleweeds.

We whipped up a cactus
spider free zone website.
That month we sold
30,000 bumper stickers:

they are your "Yellow
Rose of Texas" scented
and sparkle glow
in the dark bumper stickers,

"I BRAKE FOR POETS & COYOTES!"

© All Copyright, 21 March 2002, Marvin R. Hiemstra.
All Rights Reserved. Printed By Permission.