In the Purple Room


... half buried in the wash room wall

breathing hot air like some dragon from the other side

I could only imagine the book from whence it came

Who the hell is James Royce?

702 Western Philosophy. What was it he wanted me to know?

Bill McKibben hangs out with Paul Goodman,

Growing up Absurd ? I was just looking for a travel book

and found Faust reclining in the aisle

making faces at Madonna.







This poem was written on 9/14/2006 in Powell’s in Portland.