Hoarders on A&E

What we hold onto
owns us drowns us sedates us
slow death by shopping.

Because of the media

based on a poem written by M.

They say I need a
man. Chocolate. But an eye
lash curler’s enough.

original source:

I don’t need chocolate to eat or a man in my life
I just think I do
because of the media
All I really need is my eyelash curler.

Passing health care reform

Status on Facebook:
“Watching CSPAN.” Many like
seeing sausage made.

Project Runway

Cut pin stitch fabric
stretch confines of clothing to
become catwalk art.

Channel surfing at 3 am

Late night TV a
wonderland of fast money
junkyard of trashed dreams.

The doctor will be with you shortly

Latex gloves. Cotton
swabs. Antiseptic. What would
MacGyver create?

Obama: Candid Date

It’s said women swoon
at his rallies, yet his wife
once called him stinky.

The other half lives

It’s fun to see what
it’s like and then go back to
being nobody.

Negative campaigning

With all this trash talk
even the winner comes out
smelling like garbage.

WV Oscar night tradition

They walk the carpet.
We eat takeout Chinese and
scream for our favorites.