Love Spring Death
...love, spring, and death
it was spring, late April, snow thawed and sun-warmed
winter cold faces, I was 18 and in love
the object of my desire was a bit older than me, (which
my mother never fai...
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Categories:
landlines, adventure, body, color, education,
Form: Ballad
The 80's
...Hammers, Slammers, Polly Pockets, My Little Pony, and Pogs
Back when my big sister collected frogs
Hello Kitty, Kerokeroppi, Badtz Maru
I'm bringing the 80's back to you
American Dolls, Cabbage P...
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Categories:
landlines, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Days Before Y2k
...Looking at the news,
Hearing of this Y2K ,
Everyone is concerned,
So scared,
So fearful,
That they will have no internet or cellphones.
I remember our cellphones,
They were C.B. radios In our...
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Categories:
landlines, family, internet, memory, technology,
Form: Free verse
Numb From Numbers
...Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers...
Are you numb from all your numbers?
Social security, drivers license, identity card numbers
Numbers, numbers -- numb from numbers
Library card, insur...
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Categories:
landlines, confusion, society, technology,
Form: Light Verse
A Solution To Telemarketers That Actually Works
...A Solution to Telemarketers That Actually Works
By Elton Camp
Those of you who are regular readers will find this different from anything I’ve published before. It’s not a poem and not a prose...
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Categories:
landlines, angst, money,
Form: Narrative