Postcard Poetics
Without everything, nothing.
Outside everything, nothing.
Well, maybe something,
one line at a time.
Remember? Everything
was there,
hiding in some old
historical present.
Address. Crucial. Remember
when we
almost screwed? Instead,
a memoir, and a
little dirt, whoever
cares to dig. Something,
I suppose. Better than nothing? It
depends. So much
depends on how you read. And
if. Everything, almost. Oh, yes: rates. 23�
as of July 1. History's not funny,
but don't shoot me, either.