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About Dr. Robin Starbuck

Professor of English 1973 M.A., New York University 1989 Ph.D., New York University Linguistics

Dream was sorely lacking -rjs

Robin Starbuck

Upon further scrutiny
That dream “I” just awoke from
Seemed sorely lacking.
No birth, growth, maturity,
No history whatsoever
Just its own impudence.

“I” spent ten years schlepping
To and fro the university
For what?
Bought books and shit like that.
Pored over them, digested them
And spat them out.

Then this audacious dream occurs
Where’d all “my” learning go?
Why am “I” not turned around
At the slightest presentation anymore?
The dream doesn’t apologize.

It looks at … or, through, “me”
Says “your” examination expired.
Who says there ever was a “you”?
Who says there ever was?
Who says there ever?
Who says?

Robin Starbuck

Nothing mystical or special about this -mm

Michael Markham

Nothing mystical or special about this.
No second-guessing imaginary gods.
No Shinrin-yoku…..The Medicine of Being in the Forest.
Nothing magical about not wearing shoes or not eating certain foods.
No balancing of energies with Feng shui.
No talking with dead people.
No dictates from celestial bodies.
No smoking up the house with sage of burnt feathers.
No sending help to others with nothing but your good intentions.
No manipulating the mind to attain imagined improvement.
Just this.
Just this streaming kaleidoscopic cornucopia of swirling colors and sounds.

Michael Markham