Stephen Bett

Everly’d Out


I want you to tell me why

you WALKed out on mE 

(right this minute!)


Done a flyer thru the city 

them big yakkers 


& don’ let that swingin’ 

blue jeans door smack yr 

cheeky lil’ smartass

the way out

(either!)


Oh no, he said, what

else could he say 

That walker …

that dumb talker  *






  * Everly Bro’s, “Walk Right Back”; & self-refs to Those Godawful Streets of Man (pp. 26 & 52) &
Track This (p. 108)

Mark Young

Anna / Karenina is / back in town

Absolute targets have been shelved. The
perception of independence is now seen
as less vital than the ambiguous 'gray zone'
of subversive statecraft. Whatever apologies
are forthcoming resemble pre-shot videos,
& stand as testament to the outrage of an
influential section of the media who wanted
charges brought against the clergy as well

as the military. Any evidence offered has
been so heavily redacted it looks like a
blacked out War & Peace. All we need now
is Frank O'Hara to stand up at the U.N., bang
his shoe on the bench in front of him, & cry
out “Napoleon is coming on the right day.”









Meanwhile, at the local gun shop

Even though the website has not
worked as well as it could, please
use its displays as a guideline to
the goods & services that are at
our physical marketplace. We have
persuaded dignitaries to come
along, in the hope their presence
might bring some semblance of

order, perhaps quell those angry
crowds who claim very little pro-
mised is available, & those things
that are have prices far above what
were advertized. A grief counselor
is on hand for urgent consultations.








who plays in Loss Angeles

The Angels' bullpen
finished the team's

10-game road trip by
blowing up yet another

of the city's cultural
institutions. Such are

the shortcomings of
a streetcar system

being completely dis-
mantled & later sold.