5.05 / May 2010

CAPTAIN OBVIOUS LEARNS THE LIMITS OF COOL

Nancy Carol Moody

Headlines, New York Times,
1-10-2010 through 1-16-2010

A gangland bus tour, with lunch and a waiver;
K2: a trek to danger’s doorstep;
in Fiji, dancing with sharks.

More perils of ground meat:
the work of war, at a fever pitch;
another terrorist plot, another very long day.

Who’s sleeping now?
Civilization on a fault line,
the dragon’s swagger.
Expecting the big one,
Youngstown yawns.
The underlying tragedy—
the triumph of the Size 12’s.

When the gym isn’t enough,
let’s talk about faith,
the other plot to wreck America.
Before you quit antidepressants,
tax them both.

For the trapped, rescue is but the first hurdle—
in this world, it pays to be a loner.

Nancy Carol Moody loves scissors and the smell of tire stores and is only mildly amused when strangers want to touch her hair. She's the author of Photograph With Girls (Traprock Books) and a new manuscript titled Negative Space. Nancy can be found online at www.nancycarolmoody.com.

5.05 / May 2010