Kenneth Pobo is reading a book of stories he likes called Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson.  He does a radio show each Saturday called Obscure Oldies at WDNR.com from 6-8pm EST.  He was born in the 1950s, reborn in the 1960s.  Words he likes include: Etruscan and origami. Sometimes he wants to be as over the top as Richard Harris singing "MacArthur Park."

Two Poems (April 20, 2010. Issue 16.)

Just Another Uppsala Morning

My grandmother dared to come
from Sweden. She's dead but still
talks. Articulately. She says she is now
housemates with Ingmar Bergman.
They've made a film of asteroids
that fall in love,
collide,
and break apart.

Bergman wants to call it Wild Strawberoids.
Grandma wants to call it Just Another Uppsala Morning.

A Terribly Hot Affair

In the Malmo depot I fall
in love with Dindi. She and I
have a terribly hot affair
without touching
or talking.
All the time we love,
maybe a minute or so,
I serenade her.

The train pulls out.
The night pulls out.
All this pulling out!

The depot stays put.
In my throat.