Amanda Laughtland
4 poems
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For a Fighting Man
While Sergeant Smith cooks up
surprises for the Nazis, his mother works
on her own surprise, a spot for Smith
to read and write, an attic room
lined in warm ponderosa pine.
Write the Western Pine Association
to meet other loving mothers
busy improving homes and lives.
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Make Electrical Cords Last Longer
To treat cords properly, anyone
can follow these illustrated directions
to replace worn coverings, splice
and make new connections
between plug and cord. Knowing how
to undertake simple repairs
will save you countless worries
over the electrician who can't be there.
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Please Drive Carefully
You'd take care if you ran
a machine making airplane parts--
slow down! Rubber is scarce
and bumpers use valuable metal.
Think of giving your car
a rest. How about some tokens
for the bus? Why not hoof it?
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MGM's Best Girl
Outside of the phenomenon
of Miss Lana Turner, if you reflect
on her latest picture, it isn't
about anything at all but Lana
in love and out, brunette and blonde,
dressed and undressed. It must
be conceded the boys will agree
the sister is surely a trouper.
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Amanda Laughtland lives near Seattle. Her chapbook, I Meant to Say, is available from overhere press. Her poems are also to be found in recent installments of 21 Stars Review, 42opus, Eratio, No Tell Motel, and Shampoo.
**
For a Fighting Man
While Sergeant Smith cooks up
surprises for the Nazis, his mother works
on her own surprise, a spot for Smith
to read and write, an attic room
lined in warm ponderosa pine.
Write the Western Pine Association
to meet other loving mothers
busy improving homes and lives.
**
Make Electrical Cords Last Longer
To treat cords properly, anyone
can follow these illustrated directions
to replace worn coverings, splice
and make new connections
between plug and cord. Knowing how
to undertake simple repairs
will save you countless worries
over the electrician who can't be there.
**
Please Drive Carefully
You'd take care if you ran
a machine making airplane parts--
slow down! Rubber is scarce
and bumpers use valuable metal.
Think of giving your car
a rest. How about some tokens
for the bus? Why not hoof it?
**
MGM's Best Girl
Outside of the phenomenon
of Miss Lana Turner, if you reflect
on her latest picture, it isn't
about anything at all but Lana
in love and out, brunette and blonde,
dressed and undressed. It must
be conceded the boys will agree
the sister is surely a trouper.
**
return to sawbuck 1.4
**
Amanda Laughtland lives near Seattle. Her chapbook, I Meant to Say, is available from overhere press. Her poems are also to be found in recent installments of 21 Stars Review, 42opus, Eratio, No Tell Motel, and Shampoo.
