Thought about writing a book
of squibs

Then I thought
I could and can

Then I thought
I already have

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who you talkin’ to
besides yourself?

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The trouble with writing fiction
is that some of it is true

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Words come to me
while I wait
they come to my hand
like squirrels
looking for food

We share

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woke up this morning
it was 5 o’clock
scribbled
went back to sleep
until next time

I said it was exercise

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Nothing from Nothing

You get your money’s worth

What did you expect?

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Oh yeah?

Yeah!

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Why don’t you use more exclamation marks?

I don’t shout.

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Say what?

Everything I say
is and isn’t.

Just sayin’.

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I write deathless prose.
I’d like to keep it that way.

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Presidential Soft Drink
Orange Fizz

Everest used to serve Orange Bang
but they burned down

buying local
now you can get it
at The Hat
or Burrito Express

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To make my writing longer
sometimes I quote other people

It seems
that’s common practice

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People used to say
“All I know is what I read in the paper”
Now they don’t even do that

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Why is it
some jokes we remember
more than others?

Don’t answer that
unless you can

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Kept a notebook
by my bed
wrote in my sleep
woke up
Whaaat?

Another time
woke up
pretty good
like now

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I’m a dripping faucet
Someday the plumber will come
to tighten the tap
and shut me off

Drip Drip