Newspoem
12 October 2000
Joe Futrelle
Once upon a time there was a pneumatic drill named Ted. Ted liked to drill through concrete all day but no one liked him because he was loud. One day when Ted was drilling he fell into the sewer where he met a big white alligator. The alligator was deaf, so they hit it off splendidly. But the pneumatic drill grew tired of the darkness of the sewer and had to return to the street. The end
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$.02one hole

Punta Arenas, Chile -
Prince William's character,
built, nay burnt by the sun
in under 7 minutes
(they should put him on a coin)
six months of darkness
prevent our balloons from
measuring the depth of the
ozone layer
normally just the depth of
two stacked pennies
(which way? ENN doesn't say)
each penny 150 Dobson units
from heaven
I had imagined it to be so very
much bigger, like at least
fifty feet or something
If you go outside
cover yourself with pennies
builds character
just my $.02

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