tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937869307975429082011-04-21T14:05:03.578-05:00<br> <br> <br> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/386656023_accb71cd91.jpg"> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Michael Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495720493500564850noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793786930797542908.post-63756390817167637072008-01-04T13:46:00.001-05:002008-09-29T20:03:34.984-05:00well,<br />there's not that much<br />to<br />say<br />about<br />me,<br /><br />really;<br /><br />except,<br />maybe,<br />that<br />I<br />can<br />type<br /><br />less<br />than<br />forty<br />words<br />per<br />minute.<br /><br />_{Copyright © 2006 Michael Dunn<br />All Rights Reserved.}<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1793786930797542908-6375639081716763707?l=justanotherpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495720493500564850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793786930797542908.post-72244539864627097952007-02-11T14:07:00.000-05:002007-05-11T08:34:10.828-05:00<dd><dd><dd><dd><dd><dd>_{<i>for Leanne Hanson</i>}<br /><br />but,<br />I just want you<br />to know,<br />it<br />had<br />nothing<br />to<br />do<br />with<br />my not<br />desiring to;<br /><br />believe me,<br />it was<br />on my mind<br />from<br />the<br />moment<br />you<br />showed up<br />at<br />the<br />door!<br /><br />I<br />suppose<br />I<br />simply<br />drank<br />far<br />too<br />much<br />wine<br />at<br />the restaurant<br /><br />and<br />just<br />passed-out<br />on<br />the<br />sofa<br />with you right there<br />in my lap—<br />please,<br />forgive me!<br /><br />I promise:<br />not<br />one<br />sip<br />tonight<br />before<br />I<br />take you<br />right<br />upstairs<br />and<br /><br />savour<br />every<br />last<br />bit<br />of<br />your<br />lovely<br />little body of work!<br /><br />okay,<br />well . . .<br />I<br />hope<br />you<br />get this<br />message;<br />I'll try to<br />ring you again<br />in the morning with<br />nothing short of a 'rave' review<br />for your very first book of poetry . . . _{<i>beep beep beep</i>}<br /><br /><br />_{Copyright © 2006 Michael Dunn<br />All Rights Reserved.}<br /></dd><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1793786930797542908-7224453986462709795?l=justanotherpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495720493500564850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793786930797542908.post-42889065952253509962006-12-05T13:45:00.000-05:002007-02-11T10:38:48.832-05:00suddenly<br />I<br />realize<br />what it is<br />I<br />really<br />want<br />for<br />Christmas:<br /><em>a<br />typewriter</em>.<br /><br />an<br />old one<br />circa 1950<br />or<br />so<br />just<br />like<br />me.<br /><br />Underwood<br />Olivetti<br />Smith-Corona<br />it<br />really<br />doesn’t<br />matter<br />but<br /><br />the<br />kind<br />the<br />real poets<br />and<br />the<br />real<br />writers<br />sat in front<br />of:<br /><br />drink<br />in<br />hand<br />smoke in hand<br />morning at hand<br />death<br />at<br />hand<br /><br />pouring<br />out<br />shit<br />that<br />really<br />fucking<br />mattered<br /><br />to<br />them<br />to<br />you<br />to me<br />now<br /><br />THAT<br />is<br />what<br />I<br />REALLY<br />want<br />for<br />Christmas!<br /><br />but<br />why in hell<br />am I<br />telling<br />YOU<br />all<br />this<br />bullshit<br /><br />YOU<br />already<br />know . . .<br /><br /><em>the piano has been drinking<br />the piano has been drinking<br />the piano has been drinking . . .</em><br /><br />and<br /><br />so<br />have<br />I!<br /><br /><br />_{<i>The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me),</i><br />lyrics by Tom Waits.}<br /><br />_{Copyright © 2006 Michael Dunn<br />All Rights Reserved.}<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1793786930797542908-4288906595225350996?l=justanotherpoet.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495720493500564850noreply@blogger.com