Here they are! This week’s assortment.

5693.
It’s not just a gray suit and navy tie
that I wear to leave town. No,
I go well-dressed in all kinds of motives

5694.
The dress rehearsal
We got Close enough in the end but
there are still Far too many words
in the script

5695.
Not true
But it feels that way
I dread The Photos
What they may show

 
5696.
the thick-lenses short-sighted fellow
and his past – he thinks:
if you can’t see it then maybe it didn’t happen

5697.
the government official
the stream of pedantic words
I forgive him because he takes the trouble to smile

5698.
ink and marmalade
are what put this book together
finances and a slap are what got it published

5699.
The dishwasher their locker room –
Dozens of coffee mugs take a hot shower
after a hard day at work

5700.
scrounging up some embroidery thread
she gets to work
stitching up some more brightly-colored fabrications

 
5701.
a supplicant
eyeing all that money:
he is looking fifty dreams into the future.

5702.
Just not meant to be –
Love gone off course
like a poorly-thrown spitwad

5703.
The impact of the bowling ball
How hard the pins fall
That’s how I felt when I realized
I had married the wrong sister

5704.
In that old photo I pose
The mysterious pink building in the background
My black-framed glasses – as always – slipping down my nose

5705.
I don’t give lessons I don’t explain I don’t give details
I just do it:
adrenaline and style

 
5706.
you mention Evelyn and I say
you know it’s too late
for that expensive cookware to do any good

5707.
a doctor, smooth talk, and a magnifying glass
next thing you know you’ve been
diagnosed with something they don’t advertise on TV

5708.
a vast chlorine-blue pool:
an aquamarine
in a setting of concrete

5709.
forget ink:
he does the crossword puzzle in neon.
Show-off.

5710.
Whirling in their boiling frenzy
The beans scratch out a rhythm
The old pot sings.

 
5711.
that shiny red dress
as soon as I said that
you pictured what?

5712.
in bed with a cold
nothing to think about but
how to get rid of the ants in the kitchen

5713.
shoes like that
keep it low-key
while you deny everything