on institutions

the american

mall: hell with escalators,

orange julius

on astringency

face toner, makeup

remover identical;

my eyes are molting

on the extended power outage

cold soup by small sad
flame while neighbor's stupid smug
generator hums

on conviction

be it resolved that

eye of the hurricane beats

butt of the snowstorm

on hurricane irene

how bad can storm with

name of a thousand kindly

aunties really be

on disaster prepardeness

commence battening

of hatches, airing and feng

shui of guest bunker

on hue

kid in berry patch

enters white exits purple

and victorious

on oral health

filling implodes on

flossing; nothing good ever

came from extra waxed

on irony

toppled by weight of

mutant fruit, tomato plant

a tragic success

on innocence

good old days: vintage

curious george favors pipe,

gets blitzed on ether

on one of those days

mailbox groans with small

mountain of shiny parcels

addressed to neighbors

on clockwork

black headache, strange urge

for second child -- excuse me

while I ovulate

on excellence

hypersucrosis:

ability to eat one's

weight in buttercream

on cookbook titles conceived under the influence of cayenne pepper

homemade hot wings I

have known; or, once upon a

time when I had lips

on renewal

soaking summer rain

consoles the blighted earth, brings

peace to frantic air

on entertaining

kids' birthday party

leaves everything half mast -- hair,

balloons, will to live

on long-lost notes to self

finally recall

"geriatric monkey" a

slight on davy jones

on the floor

margarita on

steroids: disarmingly pink

liquid vertigo

on standby

the hormone-driven

life: guide to do-it-yourself

hysterectomy

on foresight

find cat housetraining

handbook, proactively file

in "potty training"

on sleep

dream: squatters seize house,

show appalling disregard

for lawn care, feng shui

on reality tv, pt. 2

tv's bachelor

pad: natural selection

owes apologies

on the couch

bones melt on contact

with innovative cat hair/

microfiber blend

on blame

daughter scarfs pancake

chunks, admonishes bowl for

brazen emptiness

on innovation

spaghetti facial

leaves daughter pleasantly pork-

scented, faux-jaundiced

on thrill-seeking

living on edge, opt

for the radical shower:

washing feet to head

on autobiography titles conceived mid (diet) coke bender

excuse me, sir, why

are you twinkling: my life on

aspartame pt. 1

on legacy

in memoriam:

pizza box grease circle marks

a tasty passing

on foreshadowing

air electric, fat

with pre-storm weirdness; sky wears

gloomy unibrow