Sparrow

SPARROW

(Several Poems)

No Handles

Thank God animals

don't have handles, because

some people would carry

them everywhere.

From a Biography of Bizet

He wrote Carmen in three months -

the only time in his life he wore a moustache.

Miles On Foot

Miles on foot

walking 124th Street

with

bags of

Christmas

shopping

Note: This poem is about Miles Davis.

Heard in a Dream

". . . we're building an ocean"

In Dobbs Ferry

A crow shouts:

COW COW COWCOW

1/15/00

8:28 A.M.

Overheard Phrase

"Is he the author of the penis?"

Torn Map

I tore Canada

out of a map of North America

and threw it on the floor

Problem

Find a cloud

that has left the sky.

Where is it?

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