Twenty Scenarios: A Poem for Mark
Young
Albertine
starts
a little
band
called
“The Phrases.”
*
Boris
learns
to dance
by
stepping
through
a
diagram.
*
Constance
anxiously waits
up for
David.
*
Erin is
errant.
*
Felicia
finds
she is
more happy
with George
than
without him.
*
Henry is
beside
himself
(with
grief).
*
Imogen
finally
leaves
Juan.
*
Karen
can’t believe
Larry
once bowled
a
perfect game.
*
Mary
doesn’t want
to get
married.
*
Nico
often
can be
seen
staring
into space.
*
Olga
often
gets
ogled.
*
Peter
frequently
repeats
himself.
*
Quentin
contemplates
changing
his name
to
Betty.
*
Rita
blows up
a condom
and,
laughing,
lets
it fly.
*
Sara
believes
her life
is a
cartoon
drawn by
a
malicious god.
*
Tom is
uncertain
about
what
to do
now:
should
he shatter
his
guitar
against
a wall,
or use
it
as a
boat paddle?
*
Ulla
wants
a second
chance
with
Vincent.
*
Wilma
can’t decide:
either
she’s prehistoric
or
prehysteric.
*
Xerxes
is compulsively
flexing
his biceps.
*
Yvonne can’t
accept
that
Zoe
won’t return
her
calls.
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