Leslie Kleinberg
lkleinberg@hotmail.com

1:36 AM August 3

Recycled

Razor-saver saves razors,
Plug-in puffball provides pleasant, scented pad
inside concerned consumers' catalog.

Hemp-laced curtain, comforter.
Buckwheat bedclothes bring in bucks.
In hallway, high-tech night light rebuffs bugs,
Trips transonic tremolo.

A deadly diatribe declared dismissively?
Just a joking jab;
Pondering a purchase!
 

12:00 P.M. August 3

collaboration --
can it be, our writing in
several time zones?

I am placing all my pennies
in one basket.
I want to play
serious writing games,
Leave the grime of this city
for that of another.
Have my home.

Is matching silverware the goal?
I heard this caused the doom of several marriages.
How these things are symbols:
Cardboard boxes, packing tape, a broom,
books in backrooms, a measuring cup.
My people are where all the people have gone.
We won't crack from the coastline,
But we just might slide,
Or explode, all
the crumbling houses crushed by
golden wrecking balls.

(stuck in relatively grimefree Pasadena,
waiting to move.)