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

 

 

"Ooh. Still too hot. Just a second here..."
 --The universal sign for:
"Caution. Supervisors ahead."

--Art from "Mike Mulligan and His
Steam Espresso Machine."
Loop-de-loop!
 --Hector found the company's
most recent memo to staff members
to be the best ever.

"'That's not 'I want to hold your hand'! They've forgotten the words!" "O, I come from Alabama with..."
"I think I am going to faint. I think I am..."
--"Really, Mom? You were there
 when the Beatles landed?
 Did you, like, IM your friends right from the airport
 and e-mail them a picture of Ringo?"

--The teen paradox:
Demanding individuality while just happening
 to fall into lockstep when it comes
 to clothes, music, food, slang....