jonathan powers

Little Brother Learning Call and Response

I'll say "Batman and" then you say "Robin" ok?
Ready?
Batman and

"Batman Robin"

No, see, I say "Batman and" then all you say is "Robin"
OK?
Batman and

"Batman Robin"

No. No. All you say is "Robin." Ready..
Batman and

"....robin?"

Batman and

"robin?"

Batman and

"Batman Robin! Batman Robin! Batman Robin!"

No!, all you say is "Robin," remember?

101 at a Standstill

When he drove over 100 through traffic
cops in pursuit then
came to a stop after they blew his tires
unable to get away on worn out rims
dumped gasoline on his lap and challenged them
cigarette lighter in hand
"Come and get me coppers! Flatfoots! You'll never catch me alive, See!"
They rushed his car with fire extinguishers
filled it up with foam and found out later
none of it would have happened
if he'd only taken his prescription
before he left for work that morning.

streetperson pours change on the counter top and waits.

this is a quarter
this is a quarter
and another quarter
this is a dime

you need a nickel and a dime more. I said .....never mind...
I'll take care of it out of MY tip jar. You owe me one.

Turntablism

listen on one
play on another
spin it
slow it
find it
spin it back
scratch it
fade it

Patriotic

pick up truck
striped red and white
star spangled hood
USA Pride! on the tailgate
on a toyota

I don't think so because the first words she spoke to me were: "Those cops downtown hassle you as much as they do me?"

modern adventure

listen to our adventure,
we were hiking in the city park and decided to do the trail backwards
we were walking and walking and walking
and it got dark
we weren't lost
it just got cold
so we called the park ranger
on my cell phone
and he had to come pick us up
in a golf cart.

Eclipse

an attractive woman I never spoke to before
squinted and looked deep into my eyes and
asked me about the significance of the eclipse
"Do you think this eclipse means something?"
"No."

corrective shoes

he's 75
you'd think he'd realize...

distraction

Three hundred fifty pound woman
had ten ear peircings
and a nose ring
and a lip ring
and five necklaces
and two forearm tatoos.
we could
still see
she
was fat.

Border dispute

"Was my father a traitor?"
"That depends on what side you're on, don't it"

Depends

wear larger pants over them
otherwise they are squeezed flat
trust me
nobody wants those squeezed.

The little stuff

if you get angry
struggling to put a lid on a cup of coffee
it aint just a bad day
podnuh

Ad infinitum

what if all
the cafe writers
were writing stories
about cafe writers
writing
about cafe writers