The Weekly Commuter

Have you ever been outbid in the final moments of an eBay auction?
You were probably auction sniped.  Sure, it’s likely someone was up at 3am, clicking refresh every few minutes, waiting patiently to torpedo your bid for the 1969 release of The Stooges.
But why bother? It’s much easier to sign up for one of […]

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In hammocks you collect
ceilings, my hairweight
household (especially us
sigh gnats – littlemouthed
to sound
to us
like much). All thin fingers,
you spin wooly air
nets – not so high,
not quite as carefully,
whine lazy passersby –
the cat, a sound wave,
a broom, the usual roomful
of interested
in the day to day, the way
webs take influence easily.

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The other day NPR was interviewing Republican voters in the state of Northern Florida (as opposed to the state of Northern Minnesota) about the current field of GOP candidates. Who would these voters pick if the primary were held that very moment? The views were decidedly mixed. Most every voter interviewed admitted that he or […]

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