Today's Verse: 30 January 2009

Facial tissues: necessary evil
Or
Life quality index?
What to do
With the stuff that comes from the nose?
And tears?
Who advocates return to the uncomely snotrag?
Lumpy and soiled in a ball in your pocket?
Or the dainty ladies hanky?
Can't handle volume but has other uses as well, courting rituals.

It's only the uncouth regions whose indigents are blind to their deprivation
And freely honk and spray without shame or inhibition.

Yet it pains me to imagine the unfortunate tree
That lived and died to provide me a wipe.
May I not somehow return the favor?
Donate my corpse to an Arboreal Service Brigade?
I fear they'll have no need of my remains
Other than to festoon them to attract carrion feeders
Like the Parsis do.
No skin off my nose.

100 Days

NPR did a story yesterday on the exhibit that I worked for the FDR Library that covers his first 100 days as president. The story connects the themes of the exhibit with the beginning of the Obama presidency. As my co-worker put it: "This is the pinnacle in museum media production - when NPR quotes our exhibits on the eve of a historic presidential inauguration." Here's the link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99464140

Happy Inauguration!

Can't remember

What's the French name for the three-paper and matchbook filter cone-style tobacco and hashish joints of which the young people during our time in Geneva seemed to be so fond?

The Critter

I showed Sally some pictures of Stephen from school days and she asked me if I'd send her copies. I post them here that others might enjoy them as well.