Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
A large segment of the scholarly world considers Arthur Flackmacker to be the greatest deconstructionist the writing world has ever known. He lived a life steeped in controversy, like when he claimed in a 1957 writer’s conference that he’d invented the adverb. He wrote one novel entirely in Portuguese despite never learning the language. He […]
Read More The Meaningless World of Arthur FlackmackerFewer books in our libraries means more room for homeless drug addicts. ◦ Homosexuality is completely antithetical to our existence so it makes sense that, if our children see a homosexual alluded to in a book, they will instantly turn gay. ◦ Who knows better what we should read and not read than a bunch […]
Read More Why I’m all for Banning BooksThe Book of Everything and Naming the Beasts “So?”, I asked the Poet, “Are you expecting to have time to read?” “What do you mean?” “That book you packed” “That book”, the Poet said, stopping, “Is reference material” “So, like a Bible or a Book of the Dead?” The Poet began walking again, “More general […]
Read More Something I’m Working on – 4I’m Told to Go to Hell and Why The poet had me sit down on the book-couch. He sat across from me on the quarterly-bed. “I’ve been tasked with showing you what Hell looks like” I sat there anticipating that the next thing he said would rhyme. “Because living with me is such Hell, it […]
Read More Something I’m Working on – 3A sudden storm comes upon the ship of Alonso, the King of Naples; his brother, Sebastian; Alonso’s son, Ferdinand; Antonio, the current Duke of Milan; and Gonzalo, a counselor of Naples; and, Alleco, the guy who always seems to forget his wallet. The ship is torn asunder, cleft in twain and best in show. The […]
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Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 