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June 2010: In a desperate attempt to stave off senility, the monkey began writing a poem a day. By summer's end he'd begun to run out of versified political rants and philosophical bloviations. Then he hit on the improbable idea of writing micro fiction in the form of Elizabethan sonnets. Eureka. The birth of the "Sonnets From Other Lives" series. Two hundred plus lives later, he's still at it.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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Sonnets From Other Lives: Rosi & Nu

They order banh mi sandwiches to go.
(A sign forbids “eating on food" inside.)
Fall is in full flame outside & so
they’re glad enough to picnic. You should try
a soda chanh—Nu says. Rosi complies.
She’s new to Vietnamese take-out. Oh my
Gawd Nu! I'm in love! Love at first bite.
Love—the word does cartwheels in Nu’s chest.
I think D’shaun is asking me to tolo--
Rosi says—You going with someone?
Nu stammers out—I might go—you know—solo.
Rosi laughs—I’ll fix you up. It’ll be fun.
Seagulls, sensing handouts float above
the girls & cry like unrequited love.
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