Friday, December 11, 2020

Here's one I wrote this year

count to a hundred a hundred times a hundred times
a hundred times count to a hundred a hundred times
count to a hundred thirsty six times a hund red times
a hundred counts a red dog a hund rot rotten hund
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich two toasted ham
and cheese sandwiches

Jeremy Harper counted to a million in 2007
Jeremy Harper of Birmingham Alabama
who had a pug called Skillet
and watched both his and his pugs weight
who danced the chicken dance when he got there
a great moment in internet history
and Craig said to Harvey this is how old you are
and marked three dots on a page
and this is how old grandma is and marked
another ninety five

it doesn't have to be your main identity
late afternoon autumn sunlit clouds of gnats
rounding the corner of my street on my bicycle
it doesn't have to be your main identity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aqCC2PVNcA