6 short poems by Sparrow

Shrug

I shrug
when I’d

rather
scream.

Overheard on the Subway

“Bedbugs make me horny.”

Car

A lone car on Route 28
at 5:22 AM – leaving the
night shift? Rushing to a
doctor? Or just wandering
(American wandering)?

3 Lines I Love

She has heard a whisper say,
Love hither makes his best retreat:
Like black leaves wheeling in the wind.

[Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Andrew Marvell, Oscar Wilde]

TV Shows That Failed

America’s Most Wanted Gift Coupons
America’s Most Wanted Shoelaces
America’s Most Wanted Floral Arrangements

Buddhist Breakthrough

When I harm others, I harm myself.
When I harm myself, I harm others.