You don't go wrong with Bobby Byrd
Otherwise, My Life Is Ordinary
Bobby Byrd
Cinco Puntos Press, 2014
701 Texas Avenue
El Paso, Texas
79901
EDITOR
On page 84 of Bobby Byrd's new book of poems
Otherwise, My Life Is Ordinary
I notice while reading a poem
about George Bush that Bobby
spells the name of Katharine Hepburn
as "Kathyrn Hepburn" —
he does it not once, but twice
I say to myself, "Now what's going on here?"
I'm sure but I google anyway because I can
and sure enough I'm right and Bobby is wrong
but I don't plan to say a word to him
or else he'll think I think his book is wrong
and all this book is is right
[ BA ]
EDITOR
On page 84 of Bobby Byrd's new book of poems
Otherwise, My Life Is Ordinary
I notice while reading a poem
about George Bush that Bobby
spells the name of Katharine Hepburn
as "Kathyrn Hepburn" —
he does it not once, but twice
I say to myself, "Now what's going on here?"
I'm sure but I google anyway because I can
and sure enough I'm right and Bobby is wrong
but I don't plan to say a word to him
or else he'll think I think his book is wrong
and all this book is is right
[ BA ]
