THE MUSE PLAYS, EVEN ON SUNDAY

WARREN OATES

is a madman.
There are other madmen
like him.
They all
must be asked
the right questions.

HAAGEN--
for Brasz

If there is a God
alive today
He dwells
in the land
of--DAZ.

THINKIN' 'BOUT IT

Going from black & white
Hitchcock Lifeboat Slezak yawn
to a "Yes" TV color
detergent commercial
is a very very
devastating
thing.

UPON LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH

Teeth
full of rot.

She did, though,
have expensive tastes--

Me,
for one.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2013