the fall issue of the lower east side review is available for pre-order. i will have poems there. yeehaw. i wish it really was fall already. it's going to be 100 degrees in brooklyn tomo. what the hell is that? maybe i will surround my body with box fans. or maybe i will throw myself into the sea. i think i will flip a coin and decide which. and then i will put the coin in my mouth and swallow the coin. have you heard about the turtle with the wheel for a leg? 23 pounds. his name is gamera. he lives in washington state.