“It’s hard on a fella when he don’t know his way around.” – Sam Cooke
For some strange reason all of the single guys I know are going insane. Take, for example, an acquaintance of mine. let’s call him Mr. Ex. Well, Mr. Ex recently (actually not so recently any more) broke up with his girlfriend. [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Another Saturday Night or Stay Away From the Bell Tower
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on November 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Apologia
Posted in Poetry, tagged Poetry on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Apologia
For Angela
sorry if I stared
at you like a dumb
awestruck child.
But I couldn’t find
the words to say
thank you for showing
me the lovely pools
of your eyes after
the worst week
of my life.
Poem
Posted in Poetry, tagged carrie hilliker, elegy, Poetry on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have written a poem for my student who died in a car accident. Let me know if you like it.
Raking Leaves
For Carrie Hilliker, killed 11/09/2007
song in my head.
won’t quit as I work
my way slowly across
the yard.
These leaves are the color
of the Earth.
Brown and red like the
hem of your dress.
All summer [...]
The Fouts Report: find a happy place
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged the fouts report on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, this week has been long and grueling and I am extremely tired now that it is limping toward the finish line.
Monday morning, I received a telephone call informing me that one of my students was killed in a car crash on the previous Friday. This student, an eighteen year old girl named Carrie, was [...]
Online Dating III —baked pudding with meat.
Posted in Poetry, tagged , online dating, sex. on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Matthew Fouts
Online Dating III
Hello!!!!!
I which tender girl alone one without
the man. I very strongly want will find
the man with which to me well and easy.
To me to like in the man kind and
tender. I very much like to go
to cinema to listen to music.
me to like To walk on park.
o me very much to like [...]
This is a section from a longer poem I’m working on. Notice that it contains an interrobang. Pretty sweet huh?
II. Kyrie
After you left, I told a friend
that I started taking Zoloft
for depression. She said she
takes it too and something else
for the other kind of depression.
The other kind?!
Christ have mercy.
Online Dating II
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized, tagged online dating, Uncategorized on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Matthew Fouts
Online Dating II
Hello!!!!
I am glad to see your profile.
You very interesting man
and I would like to learn more about you.
You can write to me on likegentlekitty
at yahoo
I with impatience will wait for your letter.
I hope that already tomorrow I will receive it.
Baby
