pine-cone pickers were not caught
large institutions and centralized decision
acclaimed as one of the most important
that he was “comfortable” with a trouble raising short-term cash
americans were breaking away
hardware in our pockets
while vital to the civic
a very distant thing
success became routine
with faceless institutions
smooth running engines grabbing the headlines
thieves with extra zeroes
hiding their expansive guts
in the abstract, with deeds
magician’s “reveal,” a moment of wonder
the specter of face-planting
walk the plank
reputational damage
who was the nurse? A handful of people
("Cut-Up Poem" from ny times news article, October 6, 2011. Brooklyn, NY)
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