The First Batch: two 27s that rhyme and one that doesn't. Becca Klaver, David Trinidad and me.

Table for One

When's the last time you
took yourself out
to dinner? Just you
and some sea trout
and so goddamn
much to talk about.

--Becca Klaver

Nursery Rhyme

on a stack of what
I guess Bibles
for the love of who
I guess Jesus
Confucious says
but doesn't mean it.

--Andy Trebing

V.O.D.

Barbara Perkins,
Patty Duke, Lee
Grant, Tony Scotti,
Martin Milner,
Sharon Tate, Paul
Burke, Susan Hayward.

--David Trinidad