Monday, June 29, 2009

June 30, 2009


Would You Rather (#3)

Get girls or get girls?
Ostracized or ostrich-sized?
Urban or urbane?

June 29, 2009
























After the Tears


I remembered that
the Michael Jackson we love
died in the nineties.

Bonus Memorial Photos:




June 28, 2009
























Would You Rather (#2)


Eat out or eat trout?
Google-chat or google "chat"?
Dolls or a Dalí?

June 27, 2009


Special Day

Brazil's Mixed Race Day,
first circumnavigation,
Happy Birthday Laur.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

June 26, 2009


Tribute (21 of 21)

She says she hates gifts.
I hope she enjoys this one:
I'm giving her me.

Friday, June 26, 2009

June 25, 2009



Tribute (20 of 21)

She's great: we can talk
about important topics
like t-star mono.

June 24, 2009


Tribute (19 of 21)

Take my fav shoes:
I can't wear them ev'ry day.
She always matches.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

June 23, 2009


Tribute (18 of 21)

What do I like most?
She gets me. That's good because
I hate explaining.

June 22, 2009


Tribute (17 of 21)

I long to be there,
so much that I do see her
only everywhere.

June 21, 2009


Tribute (16 of 21)

We get each other:
before "anco" and GB,
were DK and X.

Tribute (16.5 of 21)

Sometimes we wear plaid,
not because our idols do,
but because they did.

June 20, 2009


Tribute (15 of 21)


She is persuasive.
I'm starting to hate scrabble,
despise Pootie Tang.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

June 19, 2009

Tribute (14 of 21)

Challenge: Find a girl.
Rub her face on the pavement.
Is she still this fine?

Monday, June 22, 2009

June 18, 2009
























Tribute (13 of 21)


She may not be "cute,"
But she could turn the desert
to a window pane.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

June 17, 2009



















Tribute (12 of 21)


Fondest memories
are shared with Korver and Miles.
I hated b-ball.

June 16, 2009


Tribute (11 of 21)

Bones must be horse shoes,
muscles could be bunny feet,
blood: mutant clovers.

June 15, 2009


Tribute (10 of 21)

Baking club taught me
she had "womanly hobbies"/
feminist viewpoints.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

June 14, 2009


Tribute (9 of 21)

Just the two of us
then bangles on the nightstand
and mom got involved.

June 13, 2009


Tribute (8 of 21)


In reverse order:
apples and peanut butter,
Lauren freaking S.

June 12, 2009
























Tribute (7 of 21)


…soooo Sally can waaaaait
she knows it's too laaaate as she's—
we're waaaalking on byyyyyy.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

June 11, 2009


Tribute (6 of 21)

New York has it all,
but no matter where I look
I can't find a snipe!

June 10, 2009

Tribute (5 of 21)

New York has it all,
Yet simultaneously
I miss everything.

June 9, 2009

Tribute (4 of 21)

I'm one X away
(baseball-ly). Let's look at it
like it's tic-tac-toe.

June 8, 2009


Tribute (3 of 21)


Those days went like this:
She: friend of Jack Kerouac
I: John Bolton.

June 7, 2009


















Tribute (2 of 21)


It's going well when
You tell her your dark secrets
and they become hers.

sort of related but not relative link.
(turn up your sound)

Monday, June 8, 2009

June 6, 2009



Tributes


Twenty one more days,
she's finally an "adult."
These are a tribute.


Tribute (1 of 21)

Orange: my new fav—
cause we are the perfect mix
of yellow and red.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

June 5, 2009


Kobe vs.
Who Cares

Congratulations.
But now, Magic, the finals
are irrelevant.

June 4, 2009

4 6月 事件

Real superheroes,
are always interrupted.
But still save the day.

June 3, 2009


Vegetarian

"Hi, I'm a Mormon."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Jewish.
Do you eat pork?" "No."

June 2, 2009


Star Wars kid

If I had girl eyes,
when dead I'd go to heaven.
Would I live as long?

Thursday, June 4, 2009

June 1, 2009
























Jejune Poem/Lips


So sweet is the sound
of forty-seven year-olds
dropping the "F-bomb."

May 31, 2009

Eclogue

"My sheep are hungry—
is that a wolf over there?!?"
"No, just a grey sheep."

May 30, 2009

Sushi Dilemma

Big flames die slowly.
Struggling to put it out,
I sweat. So easy.

Monday, June 1, 2009

May 29, 2009























Today Equals


Luggage plus downpour.
Nap plus brand new apartment.
Veckatimest LIVE!!!

May 28, 2009






















Tonight


I've no place to stay
but many places to go.
See you soon, New York.
 

ALL POETRY © COLIN PINEGAR