by William Stafford
Ants, when they meet each other,
usually pass on the right.
Sometimes you can open a sticky
door with your elbow.
A man in Boston has dedicated himself
to telling about injustice.
For three thousand dollars he will
come to your town to tell you about it.
Schopenhauer was a pessimist but
he played the flute.
Yeats, Pound, and Eliot saw art as
growing from other art. They studied that.
If I ever die, I'd like it to be
in the evening. That way, I'll have
all the dark to go with me, and no one
will see how I hobble along.
In the Pentagon one person's job is to
take pins out of towns, hills, and fields,
and then save the pins for later.
Things I Learned This Week: Part 1
The Northern Mockingbird,
proud operatic maestro,
does not sing after bathing.
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