ern modern

(1968 - )

The pebbled glass door panel is lettered in flaked black paint: "monkeyfish." It is a reasonably shabby door at the end of a reasonably shabby corridor in the basement of a building that was new about the year the beer tap became the high point of civilization. The door is locked, but next to it is another door with the same legend that is not locked. Come on in — there's nobody in here but me, a really annoying mosquito, and a chessboard that is set and waiting.

"A New Holiday"
"Aliens Ate My Sandwich"
"Body Party*"
"Down Aisle Three"
"Halloween Misfeats"
"Hillbillymerick No. 1 & No. 2"
"Hillbillymerick No. 3"
"I Like Donkey Kong"
"I Love Christmas"
"Limarick No. 1 (Papa)"
"Limarick No. 2 (Son)"
"Limarick No. 3 (Ghost)"
"Monkey Bloody Monkey"
"My Lazy Bones"
"On the Death of Mister Rogers (1928 - 2003)"
"Paper Is A Poet's Best Friend"
"Parse the Words"
"Poem No. 601"
"The Holy Itch"
"The Scene"
"What's with TV Today?"
"Zen Pathetique"
"Zombie"