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New Year's Morning, 2006
by Jim BenzOn New Years Morning, I woke up and found:
Maria Shriver passed out naked in the corner of my bedroom,
Yuri Andropov rummaging around in my underwear drawer,
Flannery O’Connor on her knees counting rosary beads and smiling,
Umberto Boccioni smoking the last remains of my stash,
Carrie Fischer examining herself pensively in a full length mirror on the door,
Kingsley Amis throwing up on my best shoes,
Imogene Coca poking around under my bed with a sharp stick,
Natalie Wood dripping water on my forehead,
G. Gordon Liddy whispering urgently into a small potted plant,
Howard Stern sprawled face-down in my dirty laundry, moaning,
Eleanor Roosevelt putting on her bra,
Andy Rooney filling a syringe from a discolored spoon,
Danielle Steele standing outside my window taking pictures. 01/02/2006 Author's Note: published in Letter X Magazine. soon (spring 2010) to be published in the debut issue of Revisitations.
Posted on 01/02/2006
Copyright © 2026 Jim Benz
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 01/06/06 at 07:14 PM LOL! Witty stuff Jim. Where's Alice Cooper and Salvador Dali? Oh that's right, they visited New Year's morning 2005. :o) |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 01/26/06 at 04:53 AM oh please don't stop THERE? what happens next? come on! —you're not holding out on us any longer. +awaiting Part ll + *hurry up! x'ly |
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