"Mrs. Stein," a poem by Bill Dodds. A Stephen Carpenter illustration.
Mrs. Stein asks,
"Interested
in a school visit?"

This isn't as easy at it looks!
--Bruno was horrified to discover
his cut-rate cable company was airing
a completely different "Super Bowl."




And it's almost hypnotic...
--Thousands of years of conventional wisdom
were destroyed in an instant
when Lucille glanced out the window
and spotted two identical snowflakes.


--"Dude," Cody speculated, "like, what if the snow
isn't falling but we're rising? Whoa!"
Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake your...
--Hoping to be chosen as a contestant
on "Martian Idol," Gark goes into his act
for Rover's cameras.

--"Yo, NASA! Over here!"