15 DEC 05
This morning, when its spine bead offered a pink greeting from the shelf of chaps, it occurred to me that Maureen Thorson's Abecedarium would make a perfect holiday gift--it is so seriously festive. The poems range widely ("Argonauts" to "Zeno").
From "Yak":
. . . You stand for
nothing but your bones, your hair,
your milk and the strength you have
to pull some cart along. In a world
increasingly beyond the avant-garde,
you are shockingly precise, and thus--
the newest, hippest, solid thing.
. . .
Only 26 copies exist! Three dollars? It's not too late.
[I posted the above around 1 a.m. Just now, making my lunchtime rounds, I discovered that Abecedarium has sold out! Like Maureen says, you gotta move on these things. Congratulations to those who did.]
. . .
