The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

He never forgave her unholy alliance:
a sexual encounter
with a kitchen appliance.

Life isn't easy
for the Pin Cushion Queen.
When she sits alone on her throne
Pins push through her spleen.

Voodoo girl

But she knows she has a curse on her,
a curse she cannot win.
For if someone gets too close to her,
the pins stick farther in.

Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James, unaware
he had been mauled by a grizzly earlier this year.

The Boy with Nails in His Eyes
put up his aluminum tree.
It looked pretty strange
because he couldn't really see.