Articles in Dirk Michener
Oil Change
by Dirk Michener
The way I got rich is not that important. The thing that is important is that my wealth allows me to get an oil change for my car every day. The kind …
Keeping Track
by Dirk Michener
When I first got iTunes I saw the box that says I listened to whatever song however many times. I probably had half a million songs on there and maybe 50 of …
Ken, Version 5
for Bobcat
by Dirk Michener
After Paul Revere fucked Ken’s wife backstage
Ken shipped out to ‘Nam
When he got back from the ‘Nam
He was spat on at the airport
Like Rambo
And moved out to the woods.
Chigger bites …
“Owl Cave” Teleplay
by Dirk Michener
Scene 24 Episode 17- occurrence at owl cave
The tattoos matched up, the leg and the back
Each indication revealed itself anew
A rather poignant smell began to seep thru the doorway
Papers in the …
Trickle-Down Theory of Technology
by Dirk Michener
Rich people get the newest in technology
Poor people get the oldest
Then later, Rich people also get the oldest
Poor people get the not quite as old
Then later, Poor people get the …
Finch
by Dirk Michener
Little finch perches with wife
In banana tree by the window
He sees his reflection in the window
And thinks the reflection is trying
To steal his wife
Little finch attacks window
Breaks his neck and falls to the
Ground …
We Can Smell Invisible
by dirk michener
Sometimes people can smell ghosts – or god or a miracle happening
Moving around doing invisible business
Producing it’s own rankness between sulfur and plasma
Much like lightening- invisibility strikes
It’s a …
My Private Beard
by dirk michener
today i began growing my beard
its at sandpaper level
girls don’t like beards
too much like their privates
my beard is very private no
keeps to itself
girls don’t like kissing their privates
unless they’re queer
then they’ve …
Freddie Gage
by dirk michener
All my friends are dead
I come to the graveyard every single day
Talk to the gravestones and mothermary’s
Talk to the flowers and to God about it
Why did it happen?
Why did all my friends …
I Invented Something
by dirk michener
5 examples of a poetry game I made up using real band names.
I.
Death
Napalm Death
Death Angel
Angles of light
Light by fire
Fire
II.
Comet
Comets on Fire
High on Fire
Cobra High
Cobras
III.
(The) Animals
Baby Animals
Baby Robots
Robot Wars
War
*note Eric …
Johnson City is the Best City
by Dirk Michener
LBJ was into aquacars
He had a whole fleet of them
And trucks
Aquatrucks
They converted into boats and you could motor around the lake
Drive right across a ravine or a fjord
He …
bird and orange
by dirk michener
Have you ever seen a bird try and pick up an orange?
little bird can’t do it
swoops down and lands on orange
trys and grip it w/ little bird feet
and fly
but it just …
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