1.

taut, to auto

Chloris chloris (the greenfinch) is a tautonym.

comma, roulette

found haiku

merrily, merri-

ly, merrily, merrily

life is but a dream

The Amsterdam Bed-In

“Begin——”

“Stop——”

“Break——”

“Go on——”

“All right——”

“And——”

“Leave that bit out——”

“Finish it——”

“Fine——”

“A bed-in? I don't follow you——”

Still-Life with Bonsai and Mauve Dancing Girl

informal upright

formal upright

slant

rock clasping

root over rock

slant

clump

swimming

cascade

literati

informal upright

formal upright

clump

forest

broom

rock clasping

twin trunk

multi-trunk

slant

clump

2.

Now I know what makes you laugh.

You don’t know what makes me laugh.

May I bring a friend?

Pronoun?

He.

Is he housebroken?

Want some?

What is it?

Polenta.

Yuck.

You don’t like polenta?

I don’t like anything that reminds me of childbirth.

Repeat after me:

prêt-à-porter

prêt-à-porter

pied-à-terre

pied-à-terre

serape

serape

cheroot

cheroot

Opening Lines.

It was the summer Putin opened a can of whup-ass on Obama.

My coffee, my cocoa.

Contractions.

Police beating up on people.

Animals falling out of trees.

You did all that with your thumbs?

Am I to be burned or drowned?

Last night I dreamt my hands were flippers.

breath (kumbhaka)

the unstruck (anahata)

sound (shabda)

resonance (dhwani)

light (jyotis)

mind (manas)

a fainting of the mind (manas)

the nature of the mind (chitta)

(I asked a friend,

what is the color

of your bedroom walls?

He didn’t know.)