Celebrities React

THE ANGELS FIRED THEIR MANAGER

Call all hands to muster.

It’s an at-sea change of command.

The ceremony is underway.

THE END OF CIVILIZATION

Celebrities react.

Y el mundo deportes.

SECOND SHORTEST VERSE IN THE BIBLE

Jesus relax.

WANT TO HAVE YOUR HAMMOND B3 AND EAT IT TOO?

I don’t know what to tell you.

I’VE LOVED THE BLUE ANGELS

All of my life.

PLEASE CONTINUE HOLDING

There are no other calls ahead of you.

STARS

 

They’re just like us.

SKIP TRIAL

Sign in.

FROGS IN SLOWLY BOILING PASTA WATER

I’ve taken the pledge. 

Have YOU?

© 2022 Randy Stark

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My books are available on Amazon.

THE GREEN LIGHT IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING 

What she said to me was she said like

It’s what Hollywood’s hottest couples swear by.

Try it for yourself.

Get started now.

Create an account.

Earn a free night.

Get screened.

Limit large fish consumption.

Forget fad diets.

But don’t forget the flowers!

And then I pulled up a coupon.

I had thought well you know.

She told me she said

I prequalified for a special balance transfer.

She gave me a unique offer code,

Preferred of course,

2x better, 7x better.

Easy care.

Ultra relief.

Unlimited cash back.

Episodic yet integrated.

Free flowing and highly contrasted

With an eye toward

Where your spending is trending.

Fucking the bomb.

I was like no way.

But yeah, no.

No medical exam.

No sales pressure.

No waiting period.

No co-pays.

No out of pocket.

No referrals.

And never worry about hidden fees.

Safe drivers save 40 percent.

Migration charges waived.

Classic popcorn chicken.

Sno-Cones for the kids.

Peace of mind comes included.

That’s what I was trying to tell you. 

Secret location.

Private road.

Total tranquility.

Plus fast itch relief.

Simply complete this process

To scale up capacity,

Remove cellular debris,

Tame nervous tension quickly,

And make your body shine.

The green light is yours for the taking.

Talk to your healthcare provider.

Protect your family’s future.

Buy more 

Save more.

Learn more.

Control your music and more.

One active cash card.

Positive exits = happy endings.

For the champion in everyone.

Access.

Follow.

Recommend.

Comment.

Share.

Subscribe.

© 2022 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

 

Shop Talk: Anecdotal

I was recently reminded being told this. Back around 1946, already famous from the huge Broadway success of The Glass Menagerie, the hot young playwright Tennessee Williams had finished another play, tentatively titled The Poker Night, and submitted the script to his agent. 

The agent, Audrey Wood, read The Poker Night and immediately sensed another blockbuster Broadway triumph; but, she said, the play needed a better title.

So, Ms. Wood took it upon herself to retitle The Poker Night. Then, just as she had predicted, the play opened to smashing acclaim, became a standard of American theater, and later a classic Hollywood film, known as A Streetcar Named Desire.

Three Easy Pieces

IT’S ALL DOCUMENTED

I told them yesterday

Because somebody asked the question

What can be said for what can’t be?

What’s to come never comes.

I see it all the time.

If it were green we’d call it spring mix.

UNEASE

Surrounded by young and successful

Global changemakers,

Brand ambassadors,

Mega influencers, 

Renowned artists,

And cultural thought leaders,

I don’t see anybody that looks like me.

I HATE REINDEER

Splattered all over the windshield 

And the front of the truck.

Cried my eyes out.

Cried rivers.

I’m very sensitive. 

I told you.

© 2022 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

PORTRAIT OF AZUMI

who became a management analyst,

syndicated, vindicated and

taken as indicated.

she liked heights:

highly skilled,

highly trained,

synced, linked, 

and state certified 

after a fall from a trapeze

ended her chosen career as a circus acrobat.

she rocks a default visage

of not very pleasant 

though she’s easily provoked to laughter

and doesn’t let great skin care stop at her face.

© 2022 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

#randystarkpoet

STREAMING

You know what I said

To him I said Tobias I said

Human being is dependent upon many things,

Chief among them:

Food, water and cell phone.

Plus, players clubs and mobile flash sales,

Sound baths and thermal pools,

Pet spas and detailing,

DJs and photo booths,

Patient portals and installation views,

Carryalls and clutches but

Only from the most coveted designers,

Clean title, custom cash,

Low miles, killer deals.

That being said

I told him I go look.

I am a product of my times.

I wish everything was doctor formulated,

Clinically proven, recommended #1.

I wish all cafes offered Puppacinos

With harpistry beyond angelic

And deeply inspiring mugs.

I wish Green Monday was every day.

And today especially.

It’s time to start getting rewarded

By activating those cardholder perks!

Experience that high-end chic coastal ambiance!

Or the privacy of your dreams!

And we are streaming...right?

And he’s all Yeah.

© 2022 Randy Stark

lease visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

#randystarkpoet

COINCIDENCE

At the Lounge Above and Beyond,

In between the collision center and memory care,

The hideout I retreated to after every shift, 

The bartender had a boyfriend,

Big as day the devil's own nephew he was, 

An existential threat to public safety,

Buying her jewelry, rings, necklaces.

But it was her idea to serve me wine in a glass tumbler.

And that I should go back to school.

I said wherever you went to school is where I want to go.

The mechanic who worked on my car, same with her.

I said wherever you went to school is where I want to go.

And, coincidentally, they both had graduated from the same school.

So that’s where I went ahead and graduated from.

© 2022 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon

Shop Talk: First line

A good opening line is essential to a poem. You strive and agonize over that first line for every work.  And then a ten-year-old kid comes along and dunks on you.

“Old Toys” by Melody Maxfield Cortez | Rattle: Poetry

 

 

 

NOT SCIENCE FICTION

The planet I live on has twenty moons,

Like somebody fried some okra

And tossed them into the sky.

FOUR SUNS

Come in the shape of

A breast, a wing, a leg, and a thigh.

HIGH ALERT

Tired and in pain.

Like most people.

SERVICE CUTBACK

Sparks outrage.

DOORBUSTERS

Excluded from coupons.

PEACE AND FREEDOM

All in favor face charges.

HOW’D WE FUCK IT UP SO QUICKLY?

Not sure.

Tryna think. 

Failed to fetch?

© 2022 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.

Choice Bits: Independence Day edition

 

From Widespread Panic, a novel by James Ellroy.

“Hollywood will fuck you when no one else will.”

Plus, these epithets: “rump rangers,” “K-Y cowboys,” “snout trout,” “grasshoppers,” and references to a photo of Marlon Brando “with his mouth full.”

From Pussy, King of the Pirates, a novel by Kathy Acker.

“In those days, there were too many bodies for there to be such a thing as murder.”

“The viciousness of girls cannot be imagined.”

From “One Man at a Time,” a poem by laureate Tracy K. Smith in her collection Such Color.

There was one man I couldn’t resist.

He carried himself like the leader

Of a small nation whose citizens

Whispered about his extravagant wife

And brewed their own beer

In basements hung with forbidden flags.

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My books are available on Amazon.

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In a Franchise Sort of Way

ONCE TWICE

Once in Costa Mesa

I stayed at the hotel a ballet company was staying at.

I stayed at the hotel another ballet company was staying at

Once in Los Angeles.

THINGS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

From the club scene

To the world stage

Reaching out in a franchise sort of way.

Center court.

Ringside.

Behind the plate.

Great deals on the latest tech.

Gun and knife wound emergency kits:

Their toughest tests await.

Did you see that video of a tornado

Hitting a school full of students?

No wonder there’s a substitute teacher shortage.

But the demand for the complete works of Dmitri Shostakovich

Transcribed and arranged for ice cream truck

Continues unabated.

 

 

© 2022 Randy Stark

Please visit my website at www.randystark.com.

My books are available on Amazon.