Pop Tarts
by Gary Hardaway
Find God's Match for You
@ Christianmingle.com.
Hubris as a business model-
the American way.
Disability
The currents of events
strip the molecules from cartilage,
reverse polarity of ventricles—
heart and brain-- buzz ears
to a rung deafness, tase
the muscles of neck, shoulders,
and thighs to quivering jelly.
After they flow to ground
you slump, a quadriplegic mass,
in a chair once comfortable.
Test Pattern
You can tell the B-list celebrities--
their names appear
in legible print
low down on the screen
as they flash a smile
or run a hand through lustrous hair.
A-list faces need no captioning.
If you don't know the name
of the fabulous face
you're either a B-list consumer
or too old to matter
as a target demographic.
Cold mirrors for today. Good pieces, Gary. *
Oh yes, indeedy. *
Christian Mingle makes me sick. *
I might just steal (and credit to you) Test Pattern the next time I do a reading here in LA :)
Sad but true.*
Thank you, Sam, Matt, Jake, Neil, and Amanda.