the "original classic"

america knows what it puts in its mouth

telepolice, warlocks, stuffed peppers

grape stems can be saved and used as mood altering jewelry

this little kid holds a shovel up to me and says "i shit myself"

i invite him to garden organically next time

favorites. it depends on the moment. this is not algebra class! things change!

it is not a lie that is the story about a tree growing in a man's lung

living things are, really, everywhere.

where are these huge pipes going? why do they have dials on them? why so much dust?

not even cobwebs creep me out anymore.

not even mummified mice.

just people's problems, because of society.

if you are the guy who has a tree growing in your lung, don't think i mean you.

i think that tree in the lung problem is natural, not societal. uncreepy.

most of the tomatoes are slop now. so far gone that they explode the second you try to pick them up.

their skins just rupture and burst, heavy insides outside now

all over my apron, i stagger back into a stack of broccoli.

some professor i vaguely recognize is shopping carefully carefully.

there are maggots in the walnut skins out at Prairie Hill, and a girl calls them "manics".
"AAAAAAAAAAHH!HHHHHHH!H!H!! TEAL!! MANICS!!!!! IN MY HAND!!!!!!!"