ars gratia artis

your ample round copper bottom hot and glowing
convex reflection revealing all deformities
whistling, impatient, furious, roiling
pouring yourself out to me again and again
and though reluctant, i cannot help but engage


the literary journal reviews and and poetry critics declare it
- 'scrumtrulescent!' james lipton
- 'sublimely transcendent while simultaneously lackluster' the green sheet
- 'upon multiple readings and thorough explication, i loved to hate it over and over' roxy
- 'seminal, subtle, simple' lanyards and dream catchers
- 'gracefully redefines anthropomorphism' new yorker
- 'vacuously vapid yet i find myself eagerly awaiting the next piece of work' andrei codrescu

my editor says controversy along with mixed and/or altogether negative reviews often generate larger sales. his example to me was the performance artist who mesmerized, infuriated and disgusted his s.r.o. audiences night after night when he hurled baked beans at them while reciting parts of the declaration of independence. i didn't see what the big deal was -- he opened the cans.