Daniel Thomas Moran

(1957 - )

In 1974, Dr. Moran attempted to rid himself of the curse of a Long Island accent by taking a job making pizzas at Sbarro's in the Massapequa Sunrise Mall. Says Doc Moran, ''I attempted an Italian accent but being I was in the hometown of The Godfather, Carlo Gambino, no one noticed. I made the pizza with strict instructions on how much cheese to place upon them and was ordered to use a small unobtrusive scale so as to be exact. My generous, artistic side scoffed at the whole system. One day early in my career, I was standing looking foolish in my pizza maker outfit awaiting ridicule from people who amuse themselves by spending time in malls, when I noticed an affable, well dressed gentleman marveling at my abilities with the piel. I laid out the dough and slathered on the sauce and cheese with abandon. That evening I found out that I had not impressed the gent in the least, who turned out to be Mr. Sbarro, who suggested that I be fired immediately. It was at that moment, feeling utterly destroyed as a human being that I decided to write poetry.''

"A Primer on Eco-Terrorism"
"A Quail's Best Friend, or The Great Hunting Mishap"
"A Sonnet for Our Lesbians in Orbit"
"Ah, To Wax Asinine"
"Al Gore on The Rocks"
"Alec Baldwin Invades Ireland"
"An Ode To Dame Edna"
"For the Love of Tasers"
"Fruit Trees"
"I Liked the Old Sins Better"
"In Case of Disaster"
"Joined at the Head"
"Joseph the Carpenter"
"Last Rites"
"Modern Pharmacology"
"More Sacred Stains"
"My Special Lover"
"Pillz"
"Sonnet on an Orange Slaughter"
"The Almost Next-to-Last Castaway"
"The Last Days of Limbo"
"The Menu"
"The Other Mother's Day"
"The Pathetic Results of A Brief Moment of Someone Else’s Pleasure"
"The Pope Gets Really Hot"
"The Truth about Art"
"To the Bug Who Perished in My Drink"
"When the Pope Died"