David Adler

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Love Song of the Late Blooming Fools

Once I had a clue/ About this life & you/ I thought eventually/ That there would surely be/ A fairy ...

Discount Doublespeak, er, Double-Check & 50% More Crap, er, Cash!

There are two commercial advertising campaigns currently as hot as any others on what were formerly the free American television ...

pennies, people, nickels, humans, change

seasons colors clothing hair habits choices appearances realities weeks years loves likes scenery faces time places everything anything we they ...

The Currency of Current Seas

What is money? My car. And sex. And? Feelings of discomfort and anguish. Is that all? Bottlecaps. And maybe thumb-tacks. ...

The K is Silent

you are a simple, elegant sentence: “she is quiet, smart and patient.” verbs may evade you, but adjectives do not: ...

I Am Not A Farmer

tomatoes are not vine for me, they wither like commie raisins in revolt; my thumb is not green, it is ...

I Should Try to Like Beer

I’m on my back in the middle of the street. I can smell the shit on the asphalt. My palm ...

Nothing Normal About It

Memories of my decade in Normal Heights came stumbling back when I received the following email from my old friend Hank, who still lives there: “Yo, I want to apologize for my rant yesterday. I ...

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