<B>Elinor Nauen
Elinor Nauen edited DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND: Women writers on
baseball (Faber & Faber, 1994) & is currently finishing a 16mm documentary on
Jack Kerouac's work & influence plus assembling LADIES, START YOUR ENGINES:
Women writers on cars & the road (poetry, short fiction & nonfiction
wanted!). Her work has appeared in Hanging Loose, The World, FICTION, KOFF &
Exquisite Corpse. She lives in New York City & is married to the novelist
Johnny Stanton. She can be reached at enauen.aol.com.
The Paranormal Is Terrific
air spike beyond
the bonds of reason
highly reusable highways
of light
"where I get my ideas
don't you have somewhere you
get ideas?"
beam boost
light craft lake
crush that leaps 30 years in a single bound
"Ideas fly in with UFOria"
a beam from eye to I
50 years ahead of time
as great a catch as Willie Mays
"I don't get ideas but
charges
hits
& hopes"
"when I have an idea
it's usually to go get a highly reusable laser hamburger"
1/97 LA/SF
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An American Poem
In New York in autumn leaves don't change
colors. They wither & tumble
or wilt & stay stuck on the trees.
What's special in New York is Saturday night.
It's a gun: It's the night
brokers have off
from robbing people to mug people.
Look at us & tell us what we need to know.
Nature? One birch after another
turning yellow.
Is there a gunsmith handy?
Have a nice trip-see you next fall!
Elinor Nauen