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


--"Hey, who's ready to get
an early start on those tax returns!
C'mon! This'll be fun!"

"Hyphen. Hyphen. Hyphen.
Hyphen. Hyphen. Hy..."



--"And now, a look at Iowa
from our 'Dean's-Eye-View' camera."

--"Hey, you'd have issues, too,
if Frosty was your big brother.
Sure, everybody loves Frosty."



--"Lousy. Rotten. Miserable.
Stinking. Stupid...."

--Tired of hunting and pecking,
Conroy tries a new approach.