Themes
Breakfast Perspective
you can bet that if oatmeal was bigger than us, he said,
we’d be breakfast cereal in a minute
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast is not a competition, she said, but they were gone already &
both of them thought they’d won
Broken Down
this is a machine that’s supposed to make people good &
true & kind & the funny thing is that it works best
when it’s completely broken down so everyone has to stop what
they’re doing & get together & figure out how to fix it.
Brotherhood of Man
I’m much better at the brotherhood of man thing, he said,
when I can afford to live in a good neighborhood.
Brown Thumb
When they met the first time, he said he had a brown thumb
because all his plants kept dying & she laughed &
would not give him her number.
Blank Future
this is a picture of the future & you’ll notice that there’s a lot of blank space
because people haven’t made up their minds about it & the future doesn’t have
a lot of time for that kind of indecisiveness
Blank Map
This is a blank map that lets you go as far as you want in any direction,
with no questions asked, but it’s no help at all if you want to know
if you’re going the right way.
Blind Spot
I’d like to think that things are getting better, he said, but my eyes are getting worse, so maybe I miss a lot.
Blue American
forgot to pick a future he’d like, so now he’s practicing for the one he’s got
Blue Squares
We lay there & looked up at the night sky &
she told me about stars called blue squares & red swirls &
I told her I’d never heard of them. Of course not, she said,
the really important stuff they never tell you.
You have to imagine it on your own.
Body Map
I have seen the map of her body a thousand times &
there are still places there I will never stop to understand.
Body Shop
She tried on every body left but they’d been pretty well picked over & all that were left were a little worse for wear. She finally settled on one that was pretty good except for a scuff at the elbow where you almost couldn’t see it anyway & as she walked out into the world she remembered thinking next time I’m going to get here earlier.
Body Stuff
This is a box filled with things that make your body tingle & she’s saving it
for some time when she’s in a long-term relationship & can make better use of it.
Birthdays (fem)
When people asked how old she was, she would say 1009365, more or less, because she was so glad to be alive that she counted every day a birthday. She had some disagreement from her knees about the actual figures though…
Bits of the World (feminine)
gathering up bits of the world & setting them out in an order that her children can understand
Bits of the World (masculine)
gathering up bits of the world & setting them out in an order that his children can understand
Bits of the World (no gender)
gathering up bits of the world & setting them out in an order that children can understand
Bitter End
I’m sick & tired of all these judgmental people, she said, & I hope they burn in hell for it.
Bittersot
Hun sa hun gjerne grat i det minst en gang om dagen ikke fordi hun var trist men fordi verden var sa vakker & livet var sa kort.
Bittersweet
She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short.