evening star…
she sleeps with the lion’s tail
in her little hand
sick in bed –
my son pelts the window
with snowballs
breeding pairs
at the zoo-
with strollers
spring sun-
high in his arms
the newborn is shown
bowed to the ground
the golden rods
too tall of themselves –
I couldn’t tell her why
the sky is blue
Tom Clausen, mostly from Homework (Snapshot Press 2000)
— sorry no new haiku from dagosan, who has been napping all day —
potluck
The mailman brings the most trivial mail on Saturday. Today,
two enterprises sought my money for the first time — Playboy and
Libertarian National Committee. Although they both have a few interesting
ideas, I won’t be subscribing to either.
Like Daniel Solove, I’m glad that the FTC has decided to use its power
to stop “unfair practices” in the fight to keep consumer financial information received
by retailers secure. An act or practice is unfair if it “causes or is likely to cause
substantial injury to consumers which is not reasonably avoidable by consumers
themselves and notoutweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition.”
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