In the no

I'm stoked about using "stoked" way more often.

I miss that cafe. It was on my street.

And I don't care who knows it.


(What were we rooting for, exactly?)

Watering down water

Her dark eyes or dark guys?

Guise?


I like this letter.

Or would I?

I'd like to unintend her consequences.

Maybe Haruki her Murakami.


Can anyone sit here?

(It depends on which news you follow.)

The answer may surprise you

(Or it may not.)

We should be so flukey

Hike those!

A museum of scandals.

(The movie was better.)

Self-serving ice cream.

Let me just double-check my email real quick.

(Isn't it about time I ran into Macgregor Card on Broadway?)

How is this relevant?

America's most quoted.

The empinkening...

Just happy to be off the team.

He sketched everyone in crayon...

Velcro faith

Cuter than absolutely necessary.

Get your dapple on.

Park-wide sax ban.

Are you saying I shouldn't have called her Freckle Tits?

It was a phrase of affection.

(I've never seen yogurt spooned with such passion.)

Band: The Dirty Parts

Feels like vacation

Table jam at Mill Lane.

Band: European Cities

I like these people.

Sneaking onto the landmarks commission.

The accomplishment of not caring about accomplishments.

Overly

Hey--where did you get that Sno Cone?

You're asking a lot from those shoes.

For a second I thought she was running towards me!

I'll hide out by that flowering tree.

Flower store

There's bound to be some overlap.

What's forty years?

(I'd like to pool her tips.)


I'll be thinking about you
while I think of you.

I'm here for the event

How did you get up there?

Double what it should be.

I got to admit--

Fills out that skin nicely.

The Twinge Town Players.


Charity: Save My Spot

Paradise by the bagel register

Try the house pickle.

That's what we in the industry call a

I don't know about you but

Let's watch these young people paint the fence.

I sure would like to blurb her novel.

(Internet: revenge of the peanut gallery)

Tongue burn

Curly enough for ya?

Quartet: The Hims

Pocketless wonder

The future was reflected in her shades.

That thing about stirrup pants...

Motorola's success must be due in part to its old-timey name.

(We had no Winnie Cooper.)

But not really

Everybody:
Jump in with answers!

Heavy Zipper Pulls

Crackdown on Public Belt Adjustment (PBA)

Band: The Woefully Incomplete

(Man, I haven't googled her in ages...)

You might want to wait a few minutes

Was Papa Smurf crying?

Is that a real question?


(I'd like to thump her Bible.)

(I want those shoes from the billboard.)


Bands:
The Expiration Dates
The Well Used
The Light Outs

I held her responsible

(Tight and well into the night)

Forgot to leave

The bartender made all the difference.

Mint your way to health.

Band: Massive Layoff

(I'd like to plug her website.)

(We were trapped in space
warped by someone...)

Healthy contempt

Golf club as walking stick.

Game show:
What Does That Even Mean?

At the museum:
Without prices listed, how can we begin to understand?

(I'll pretend I need to be somewhere.)

Bread

Where do they grow these chicks?

Is he their dad-figure or what?

(We were there for the shift change.)

(It seems fun here.)

(We cheer for what we recognize.)

(I'm part phlegmish.)

The Rooting Interests

Sheesh for America.

I'd rather do that with the dog watching.

(My only news is something I dreamt during a nap.)

(I'm dumber than I let on.)


The guitar jam at the end of the video for "La Bamba" by Los Lobos.

Like that scene in-

I like to pretend she works for the government.

Dirty, dirty glasses.

Give everybody credit.

New Olympic event: Technology Toss


I'm not sure the concept of sustainability is sustainable.

Time line lies

Off to the raindrops-on-the-window races!

I'm surprised that old futon shop is still around.

All these TV antennas on rooftops-
noble monuments to the way we used to receive TV signals.

(I'd like to buy her chapbook.)

Dream rehab

I'm all about the phrase "I'm all about..."

Game show: Is That a Joke?

Band: The Big Themes

Licking up history...

The Unresented

Cool bike.

We made out on that ridge.

I like her sweaty Michigan T-shirt.

(Women who describe semen as "yummers.")

She's got the brains,
I've got the scrawn.

Every Sal's

He's changing the register tape.

What's that a euphemism for?

I'd like to Sunday her afternoon!

(She wants to watch the finale...)

They have shots for that

This street goes back in time
(Not directly)


(Not even antique seltzer bottles can save us now.)

The Marketing Decisions

I said to him,
Let's go to the beach and write screenplays.

Busting out of that vintage blouse-
Like a prison break.

(I'd like to subject him to a gratuity charge.)

(I still hold the low score on Zaxxon.)

Hot damn

We were eating Hot Sam
Papa jarred his own jam
Pebbles loving Bam-Bam
Gangsters with their scram-scram.
Cookouts with the fam
Setting up the Zim Zam
I've really grown to love ham.
She was reading Matt Klam
Our DJ name was K-Blam.
We had flim without flam
I'm stripping for the cam
I never could say "ma'am."
Cracker-up with Tam Tam
Makes me think of old Gram

Puddle-inspired

Some good, squishy mud here.

Kids jogging--seems wrong.

That's my moonslice!


The House Hold Names

The Tragically Chubby


(Your animal must be this furry to enter.)

There was so much I wanted to ask her...

(Not actually. But it sounds nice.)

Smile for the satellite

Everybody's a cipher, nowadays.

Pre race rituals

Orthodox exercise.

It pools in you.

Old dirty bastion.

She is a stretch.

That's some forlorn fun you got there.

That being said,

I'd like to congee her village.

The Lugs

I dig her suit and angry look.

They sure know how to order.

Them lagers pour nice.

Let's talk real estate.

(He could use yoga more than anyone I know.)

(I didn't realize she was she.)

Did I?

I must have.

At some point.

Right?

Atomic Snowfall

Meanwhile, back at the computer lab...


All this for one guy?


(At least it smells like a shoe store.)


I'll be at the corner of the corner bar.
Drinking corner juice.


(I'd like to flag her as inappropriate.)

Broadcast thyself

They have these all over in L.A.

(I'd like to pickle her ginger.)

This is what passes for nostalgia?

The Intelliprefix Corp

Not everything was better when I was a kid.

The Wet Cats

(I wouldn't mind coming back here for dinner.)

What took me so long

(I'm still on my way to that track meet.)

You I knew

An open window in the library.

That has to be the town I'm thinking of.


Graffiti with question marks...

A lasting fad

(I'd like to badger her bristles.)


The street had a bend.

I used to bike by her house,
hoping that


(They're going back to the old logo.)

Historic playscapes

The Same Things

The Modest Profits

Moon suits--
(still suits)


(I honestly can't tell the difference.)

The Excused

Not satisfied with satisfaction.

Wrapping things in rubber bands.

I would love to see a porno starring you two.

(Not a pickup line, exactly.)


The fun of work/
The work of fun


Don't tell me that beard isn't art!


(You're only young a bunch.)

The Punkosphere

The way she knocked the snow from her boots.

(What about it?)

Ask the ethnicist.

Enough name-taggery.

We were out-glassed.

(I have no idea how old she is.)

This air has a lot going for it.

How about a hand for the clarity of city lights in cold weather?

(Of course it's stolen.)

Half a word away-

For some reason I never go to this deli.

And I prefer small bananas.


What was that look?


And a child shall chide them.


Beware of professors who overuse "modernity."


Ah, moral ambiguity.


And the soft mint of York...

Similar incidents

She was a space heater.

The overminer.


We should all be so spry.
(Should we?)


Small Sprite--
no ice

Befriend an institution today

The So Not Funnies

Honor bites.

I'd rather be reading the paper.

Of another time.


(Winter reminds me of summer.)

Sacred mistrust

Those campus molecules...

A new mantra?
You don't use the one you have!

The New Old Timers
The Unrealized
The Plucks

(We thought that was hard rock.)


I feel old again!

(While dancing in your head, in a prairie.)


(My name and pseudonym are the same.)

Out vergin'

You sure you should be squatting there?

These fools out searching for "the real."

Before it gets torn down.


What are we radiating?

Who goes here?

The Try Me's

(He's playing hard to pet.)

Some great piercings...

Do you have an animal in there?


Yellow lights
Foreign books
Arm-in-arms
A map of nooks


Vestigial sweaters

(I don't use those words.)

The Iconettes

Emails from robot poets.

I like when games take place too late for this edition.


The stuff they fed us...

Unwinding wires

Bands:
-The Obvious
-Accidents of Birth

Neon pizza guy.

This whole thing needs to be redone.

Metaphors for Impotence.

Once again, Night saves the Day.

(I'd like to grind her lenses.)

I skipped most of it

Aquaman-like

And here is where I fell in love with the cheese Danish.

(A Hot & Crusty in the corner of Grand Central Terminal)

A salad of dubious greens.

(Not so All-American.)

Women buying pipes

How about those thick black straws?

Monsters of the malt shop.

Those crazies missed you.

Is this enough?

He was as dull as a bank.
(Also as assuring.)

Get pixelated!

Disbelief is as tough as belief

These foggy ballfields.

I threw a coin and
wished to see ripples.


Band: The Minor Accomplishments


That hotel smell...in your house!

To me it's all that street.


(Say a blessing over the people saying blessings over things.)

The week took me off

I could live in that hat.

This plaza and me--we have a history.

The consolation of model railroad details.

Band: The Acrylics

Quartet: The I Feel Sorry Four


(I'd like to crunch her numbers.)

Your sphere or mine?

I'd like to bundle her software.

When the clean is worse than the dirt.

Our interplanetary reputation.

The West Side night clubs.

(I can't believe I watched the whole thing.)

Wildly educated

The greatest blank of our generation.

Portaits of museum life: Portraits

Forks as sculpture.

(I'd like to improve her business district.)

Why the beach?

Meaningful initials.

Outgrowing a brand.

Be wary of: "At least he's honest."

"This isn't a competition."
(He was out of breath when he said it.)

The Empty Restaurants

It's On Me

Bemusement park

Nickname: Old Soda

Bands: The Temporaries
White Guilt

Let's meet by the old ball bearing factory.

I'd like to tune her fork.

(It's a little late in the game for snacks.)

Unpreparedness kit

There are still catchy logos to be created.


Wave that bug away.
But also wave it hello.


You can take this half-way to the bank.

The Disposable Cups

A "party" philosophy.

Tablecloth inventions.

Holding things with your teeth.

Now with more lost episodes!

Christmas is a big thing in her family.

I'd be lying if I said...


(Who am I kidding?
Seriously, who?)

Mystery breeze

A lot to read
(But not in books)

Maybe you shouldn't be all you can be.

Our guile sucks.

It's not for everyone.


(Where were we?)

(A story of almost)

(I'd like to get back there)

(Think outside the parentheses)

(Is that even a saying?)

(I didn't think he'd actually follow-up)

International signs

The Over Its

Playoff Hopes

The Stock Photos

We had a Fun Factory?

This works better outside.

(A slow views day.)

Legible sweats

She's good at applying old phrases to new things.

Pigtail savior.

My favorite shape.

The connotations of "fellowship."

Band: The Terrible Mothers


Don't drink much, but I sure would like a photo of that liquor store.

They still smoke here.

(I told me so.)

The Glugosphere

That's a nice-looking pitcher of lemon wedges.

Should we really be listening to The Cars in this weather?

Depends on where you want music to take you.


The Banana Peel Girls.

They got there first.

The As Usuals

Typewriter on the sidewalk.

(Writer-type on the sidewalk.)


(I think I like this place better in the AM and early afternoon.)

Folk song law

Follow the laundry lines.

All we knew was what we could see from the road.

Real trees that look fake.

The Renditions.

It's against my religion.

(She blew me all out of proportion.)

Pills I've swallowed

The chill I get when people tell me they're "taking my advice."

What did I say?

Can we stop at a humble deli?

Stop denying yourself flavor.


I'd like to import her lager.

Band: Touch My Face With Interest

It would've been fun

Why doesn't he just write a memoir or screenplay?

They're still cranking out box sets?

So Coca-Cola owns summer and Xmas now.

Don't worry about it.

Keep flipping.

(I'd like to find that salesman and thank him.)

But healthy

Check the corners.

This wasn't always history.

Polaroids on the wall.

How is she?

Maybe I overreacted.

That's what hatracks are for!

These people never drank a Mountain Dew in their lives.

An intrigue I want no part of.

One game of Galaga before we go-

Parisian trinkets

That's us running.

Yer Darn Rights.

Nice wall.

(I'd like to press her pennies.)

Ordering things

Almost asleep in a strange bed, pretending to be facing the other way.

The loop around the high school.

It's okay to be the lone holdout.

Those are terrible directions!

The old "Thank-A-Tree" campaign.


I'd rather be thinking up "I'd rather be..." slogans.

This used to be all cornfield

The familiarity of unfamiliar grocery stores.

(I'd like to steam her asparagus.)


Age is wasted on the old.

A mall-chair massage.

Lying low in Koreatown...

A song that rhymes "shooting star" with "candy bar."

Makes me wish I were what again?

The Flanks:
Happiest sad music I ever heard in the subway.

Spectacular headbands

Holiday cheer.

Bless the chatter and buzz.

Cranberry juice and seltzer induced depression.

I'm always in the market for influence.


(I see what you mean.)

A labor of like

Let's keep the line moving.

(I have trouble remembering the substance of those conversations.)

Let's meet at the hot dog cart at the corner of the soccer field.

(I'd like to shroud her skyline.)

Electronically secure

I can't remember the last time I used the phrase, "I can't remember the last time I...."


"That balance is outstanding!"
(Said at circus and bank)

Can I get a drag of that?

Me and the briefcase boys.

I like these plaid pants, but what would I wear them with?

Band: The Like Wows

(I see you took my advice.)

The Kitchen You Grew Up In


(I thought it was common knowledge...)

Dial-a-day

It's just a matter of sitting down.

Look--the wist king.

Left in a bike basket.

The thinker--in a souvenir seat from an old stadium.


Facial heir

(Doesn't necessarily mean anything.)


I like to sit across from that religious dome.

Such as...

Oh, like they know what they're talking about.

Band: The Who Knews

A lost clause.

Corny weather.

(I applied for that job.)

(I think we both know the answer to that.)

Everything you know about being wrong is wrong

What does that remind you of?

The All My Faults

...with her carton of apple juice and gourmet potato chips.

You deserve better.

A novel in text messages.

He recognizes things for what they are,
and he's teaching creative writing next semester!

Soft sun around here.

Printer ink and guitar strings...

Hiawatha-style yoga

I've programmed a computer or two in my day.

Can we drop this stuff off at the car?


(I'd like to soleil her moon fries.)

Dude, you're rich!

Thoughtful followers

Pinball at that Pizza Pit at the edge of nowhere.

We would meet at Hamburger Heaven and take a train to the stadium.


A plain-clothes fop.

(That wasn't me.)

(Sweet face, though.)

Where do you get my ideas?

Trudging down that gourmet tea road.

I'd like to roast her pumpkin seeds.

Band: The Great Investments

(Sometimes I miss Thrift Drug so much it hurts.)

I'm on her way

Twine wrapped around a hot pipe.

I had a blanket just like that.

Can you tell?

(We sang it in elementary school.)

Triptych

Band:
Western Medicine

Bumper sticker:
I'd rather be leafing through a magazine

Poem:
I'll see ya
At the pizzeria

Oh, Whitney

Rung out on old cash registers.

Those pants are a stretch.

So you're the most beautiful girl in the world.
So what.

Tender moment in college football:
player removes clump of dirt from teammate's helmet.


(Not that funky of a funk...)

The Sofa City Sweethearts

Tsintao: China
Singha: Thailand
(I'll never make that mistake again!)


(You've just made a powerless enemy.)

I'd like to shred her sensitive documents

Library fine pride.

Cherry Street.

Mini-kites (about as big as your hand) being flown along the river in Chinatown.

It's loud and peaceful here.

Name that gesture: exercise or disorder?

Secret skatepark.

Flags with bank symobls.

Try the rice noodles.

The New Brewing Methods

Pill shudder.

The Skin Tones.

Cement mixer painted like Captain America.

(I'd like to manage her hedge fund.)

No flashy photography.

Out of our white cups...

I blew an opportunity to blow an opportunity.

The responsibility that comes with having an apartment people can see into from the train--

(It's hillier up here, and the small flowers on your shirt need water.)

The No Duhs

Check that family out.

I think I owned that sweatshirt.

How bench-sleepers tweak a space-

I can see at least 15 squirrels right now.

(I'd like to split her infinitives.)

What do you want from Mee?
(Mee being a noodle shop.)

Is that really "news"?

I keep meaning to get to the transit museum.

What're you not looking at?

Buzz-cut beauty.

Fishnetted and dangling.


Bands:

The Uneducated Guesses

The Technicalities

The Screaming Footnotes


(I'd like to sun-dry her tomatoes.)

The "meh" generation

Kid in stroller drops slice of pizza and weeps.

Eternal flame outside the Hudson Hotel.

Woman trying to shove pug into water fountain.


Old timey detective: Step Tracer

(Nice nachos.)

I like my apples waxed

The chubbification of cheeks.

A rice knack-

The You Wishes.

(Taking off your shoes in places where shoes aren't normally removed.)

Legs in winter.

A deeply areligious man.

(Reading a book on the history of aspirin would give me a headache.)

By the time you read this

Tree leaners,
Point gleaners.

We'd grown close over the minutes.

And to think that dress could fit in my pocket.

I keep forgetting what I learned in my 15 minutes of yoga.

Pastry on the wind

The squeak of beans.

Does anyone ever use those balconies?

I'll never forget that joke.

It doesn't translate into nothing.


The world through Advil Liqui-Gel colored glasses--

Twiggishness

You and your leafy greens.

The kids are hanging upside-down by their knees.

Autumn screen.


I'll do some detective work.

And maybe Wild Cherry LifeSavers will be my new thing.

(This is not what we trained for...)

Repeat after me

We were out smarting.

More sad banjo

What's so wrong with being a zombie?

I'm jealous of this cheerily mournful music--
Perfect for chopping vegetables.

Bring on the translucent bowls!

(He and I share a plaid.)


(I'd like to mix her metaphors.)

Mutter museum

Band: The Oh No He Didn'ts

There's ink on my pants.

This is quite a romantic train.

Sheconomist

Furriness-lined boots

They met during freshman orientation.

Everything's a hate crime, nowadays.

Late for ninjitsu class-


(Reincarnated as a celebrity jogbra.)

Pigtail vengeance

Career woman power-smoking. Takes me back.

Do I look as crazy as that?

I've been meaning to buy a Chip Clip for the last seven years.

Small market stuff

I've wondered about that bowling alley.

(A lot of ads on this station.)

When the light in her bedroom window really meant something...

That high tech bull

My mantra was there all along.

I need some start-up cash.
And something to start.

Enough of your Brooklyn Bridgery.

Some competitive leisure-

Hey--they're serving our seasoning!

Those dreamy side streets...