Project 823: Urban Myths

I have now embarked on part II of Project 823: Urban Myths, this time collaborating with my Friday Night Lights friends, Ashley Martin and Cindy Keong. It is already shaping up to be mindbendingly good, twisting the idea of urban myths like Uri Gellar near a cutlery draw. Here’s the opening section… the ‘who wrote what’ will again remain unspoken.

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Project 823: Urban Myths

Though I am in possession of so many peaches
and their sugar can be turned into titanium
the nine billionth cell phone will drop earth from its orbit
unless the PIN is typed in reverse, check your candy:
it was definitely Edgar Hoover who made us
the code tucked into granola is the same red dye
and tastes like the ghostly hitchhiker’s favorite lipstick
showing up in the x-rays of people she’s been with

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Trees do not exist as we used to know them
now the woods eat children like jubes

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Orthopedic surgeons and vets profit the most from a half price
sale on frozen turkeys; rehabilitation must include fresh air, consider
a smear of toothpaste behind each ear if bushwalking on dimly lit trails