© 2006 Megan A. Volpert

best golden retriever ever

in a bar with a beer with a boy with a beer i heard it first

derrida             dead

and i remember thinking there are some places one never forgets

because the news of some deaths is always remembered

michael hutchence lead singer of inxs

night before the most important tennis match of sophomore year

in my bed in my parents' attic

grandma soph mother to my favorite aunt

night before her funeral i was just dropping home for a visit

in the kitchen at the counter

            paul slappy benefactor to some friends in iowa

night before big family reunion plans to go bowling

in the living room at the computer

merlin best golden retriever ever

night before they put him to sleep i was away at college freshman year

in my dorm at my desk

amber second best golden retriever ever

night before they put her to sleep my girlfriend and i deciding to separate

smoking on somebody's porch

but i cannot do derrida's introductory label

and i had nothing to do the day after the news

so in mourning i told a lot of jokes

            well my first thought was

why couldn't it be judy butler

            well my first thought was

            good thing i got rejected by u of c irvine

in a bar with a beer with a boy with a beer i heard it first

derrida             dead

and this is all mostly true

if you accept that mostly true and mostly false make much of the same exceptions

which perhaps derrida would have said only no one can quite say for sure

what he said                 what he meant   what he felt                    how he lived

which is why the news will gladly cover christopher reeve's last gasp instead

the best jokes are the lingering and unlaughable kind

derrida left a legacy but we cannot say that it is one to speak of

which perhaps derrida would have said only no one can quite say for sure

poncho/kimono

what mexico has in common with china

the sun seems always to prefer rising

advantage is in the length of her eyelashes

mechanizing bobble wings for wooden butterflies

sea in sea out sea in sea glasses

a lobster's commodity is not at all about texture

what butterfly has in common with lobster

the sea seems always to rise preferably

eyelashes are the length of her commodity

bobble wings mechanizing for wooden mexico

sun up sun down sun up sun glasses

a texture is not about china at all

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