Poem

This is an excerpt from Mike Snyder's awesome poem, "Thoughts collected on a super crazy bouncing ball, or Poem written in a rare used bookstore." Thanks, Mike--we'll get to work on those out-patient procedures...as soon as I put up that 5 cent psychiatry sign.

Mike's book, Poems Written Near a Laundromat, is now available for purchase at the Lion.


"...But in some downtown beloved bookstore one may bundle toboggans finding a cease-
fire in this sea of love-n-literary desire lying about with the lonely lions
devouring minty tea feasting on a banquet of coffee-n-biscotti...
'self-educated' can never be overrated..
the seeds are sewn, and who knows where they're goin',
..please excuse the mess,
a rampaging nanny goat just smashed thru a downtown police barricade
and galloped in
looking for 3 billy goats gruff..this is noooo jest..
Earlier we had a Sinatra crooner yammer at the top of his lungs
and some kooke demanding a library card or he'd start a fire,
sir, this is not a library--only a sanctuary..
and we're still working on out-patient procedures."

-Mike Snyder, from "Poem written in a rare used bookstore"

The Minstrel

This is a book written originally as a gift to Elvis Presley from Bernard Benson, who, according to the dust jacket blurb, was the inventor of guided missiles, homing torpedoes, and the Delta Wing aircraft, who later retired from his work to a medieval home in France where he devoted himself to the studying the Tibetan culture (which explains why our yak shepherdess is so excited about this book). The book itself is a fable about a minstrel from long ago who gets reincarnated as--guess who--and is thus able to once again bring joy and peace to the world. Our copy is a reprint published shortly after Elvis' death; the copyright page indicates that proceeds from its original sales went to support Tibetan sages.

I couldn't make this up if I tried.

-S.