Not Deep

Insincere people
who live in north Virgina:
that's the shallow South.

Five for Deliquency / In the D.C. Metro

His shirt displayed words.
Big letters: "Free hugs" it read.
On both front and back.

I followed this kid
up the old escalator.
I climbed to his step.

"How much are hugs, man?"
"Huh?" He blinked, confused. Then, snap!
"Oh! They're free! All right!"

We hugged each other,
less awkwardly than you'd think.
Temporary friends.

(This moment of life
Is proudly brought to you by
Cotton-poly blend.)

Curtain

As the curtain fell,
Marie picked up the flowers.
It was her last show.

Vikings

If vikings were here 
Would they promote credit cards? 
Or would they pillage?

Spaces

Outside of cities
There are spaces between things.
There's much more nothing.

Nervous

The girl chewed her nails.
She was nervous, but not scared.
Just a bit jumpy.

Le Watch

In the wee, wee hours 
My watch abandons English 
In favor of French. 

Pithy

Trying to think up
A pithy observation
Can be pretty tough.

Debit

Unemployment card?
In other words, a gift card
From America.

Term Limit

If old Roosevelt
Hadn't died while in office,
Would he still be chief?

As In "Soda"

When I was a kid,
Rule was: no restaurant pop.
Waters all around.

Candy

I’m eating candy.
Not because I am hungry.
Because it is there.

Snowman

I made a snowman.
I set it on the sidewalk.
Someone kicked it down.

Barker

Step right up! You, sir!
Opportunity awaits!
Test your luck! Tempt fate!

Spectator

Sometimes when I dream,
I know that I am dreaming.
But still I’m passive.

Das Roter Stier

Guess where Red Bull's from.
You'd think America, right?
Nope. It's Austria.

Snow!

Oh, beautiful snow!
Pure blanket! Make the world new!
(But I'll stay indoors.)

New Rome

Is this the twilight
of U.S. supremacy?
Rome lasted longer.

Debts

I pay debts in time,
the only true currency
I have to my name.

Found in Translation - Part 3

There's nothing super-wrong about this, grammar-wise (which is more than I can say for this sentence), but the enterprising individual or individuals who decided to market this gold mine phrase forgot that idioms don't always survive translation.



At first I assumed that "angle" was a misspelling of 'angel', but since I don't know what treating someone "like potato" means (not "a potato", mind you, just "potato"), I'm willing to admit that calling someone your angle means something that I don't know about. Perhaps it is the antithesis of potato.