(On hearing from a friend that he has
just published a fortune cookie poem.)
Congratulations! What a coup!
A Fortune Cookie Poem! You
have broken barriers. What more,
we wonder, will you have in store?
A poem engraved upon a pin-
head? How could anyone begin
to have a clue of what comes next?
A wordless poem not in a text
That no one reads? A poem so bright
that no one can survive its light?
A poem so heavy it will sink
the earth? A poem that will link
To every poem that ever was?
What possibilities! Because
of you and how you’ve upped our game,
no poem will ever be the same!