Category Archives: Affluence



Technology: The Ballad

The oven carousel won’t turn—
It’s only six years old.
The kitchen faucet drips and drips—
It, too’s, too young to fold. Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence, Gadgets

Venice, CA—October 13, 2009—8:30 AM

The sky is dark, the world is bleak
The market’s down—all cause for pique.
Contrariwise, bp’s alright,
The larder’s full, the roof is tight. Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence, Local Color, Poverty

Found Poetry II

Not Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom’s, not even
Macy’s, charmed mother’s long, eventful reign.
There’s no joy, no hot orgasmic heaven,
When wealth asphyxiates true shoppers’ gain. Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence

Fox

Face it!
Foxes have endured bad reps
From Aesop on.
(Unattainable? Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence, Animals, Friends

Fashion

Here’s a conundrum: how did fashion start?
Think back: the bearded, shaggy ancestors
From whom we sprung exhausted all their smarts
Hunting mere warmth, thin sustenance to wrest Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence

How Lucky I Am!

Bemused
By my anhedonic scowl,
Bruce, down at the tennis courts,
Challenged me: Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence, Luck