c 2008, 44 pages.
"The mules are in the details."
8.5x5.5, staple-bound.
cover art by Conan Kelly.

The Mules Are Minimalists

I mowed my lawn like a Franz Kline painting.
When I asked my neighbor what she saw,
she climbed a ladder for a better view.
This was actually very thoughtful and more
than I was hoping for. I kind of wanted her
to dismiss it so I could feel culturally superior.
When she got up to her roof, she pulled a dead
bird out of the gutter and dropped it down
onto the center of my lawn. There, she said,
now it looks like a Rauschenberg. It was so
moving that I was immediately suspicious and
snuck a peek up her skirt. Not a mule part for miles.





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