Cook, Paul H.

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He knows loss is a matter of adjustment.He fondly recalls each body part discarded. Each vital organ given away.The pounds lost dieting,The pancreas sent to Paraguay,The larnyx bestowed upon the mute soprano.Now his eyes,Without corneas, without retinas, ask to give you something, anythingBut don't ask for his heart.He will give you anything,Anything, that is, that he has left.—  Peter Woolson Ithaca NYTHINGS TO DO WITH A WOMAN: #2 THE LAUNDRYYou need two women for this.After soaking your clothesin biodegradable soap for 24 hrs.find a nice streamclose to your back door:make sure it's clear and cold.Place the two women face-to-face in the water.Husk each onenaked to the waist and dunk them. Give one your first load.Be certain the water cascadesover their headsthat they resemble boulders.While one sits idle her duds clustered like kelp on her lap the other proceeds to whang her load over her partner's head.When she's done the other repeats the process all afternoon until the job gets finished.Before any of this feed them eggplant and granola after give146them wedges of the best cheese you can lay your hands on plus mugs of chamomile tea.With proper care and maintenancethey can keep youin clean clothing year round.PIQUEI found Him just outside Andys Eats in Dubuque. "Ok," He said. "Make it short. I haven't got all day.""Right," I replied. "So what's black, white, and read all over?"He looked pissed. "Everything.""Hey, that's not the right answer.""Sure it is. Take a look."And sure enough. Houses. Sky. People. You name it. Three colors everywhere.Moral: Never monkey with a god out to lunch in Iowa.THE GANGSTERSat the undergraduate poets reading the graduate poets sit in the dark like hit men from the Eastern Slicks.the first girl up tells of her woes and perishes in a hail of rhetoric, the second rises to speak tragically of obesity and impotent men. she slips on a careless word vanishing into a well of pity, but the last girl walks on and suddenly lifts her skirt over her head.the audience is stunned.the gangsters are speechless.the reading goes on in a dream.—  Paul H. CookTempe AZ

Things to Do with a Woman: #2 The Laundry

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Things to Do with a Woman: #2 The Laundry

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