6219. ICICLE TWISTER AND CREME BRULEE

ICICLE TWISTER 

AND CREME BRULEE

Things I can't find are everywhere  -  that notebook

I misplaced, those little things that go into the side

of the laptop, that bookmark, signed by Professor

West. He wrote a book entitled 'Race Matters', and

when I saw him I said 'I didn't know you liked

NASCAR.' Yeah, at least he laughed.

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Another time, I had to find Ralph Nader fifty

particular sharpies  -  pointy felt-tips of a certain

sort with which to sign his books. He was very

particular about all that, and even where he sat

at the table we'd positioned precisely where he 

said. 'Claustrophobic' his creepy aide noted  -  

'has to be in view of an exit.' I thought of

Sartre  - and wanted to tell Nader to read

'No Exit' and see how it felt.

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I finally dropped my shoes to make a

big bang and everyone jumped a mile.

Icicle twister and creme brulee.