Excerpts from Mo Watson's Self-Published book, Notes By Myself

George considered himself
an immense success
because
honestly
he never
really did much
with his life so
he never ever had to wash the
taste of failure out of
his mouth

*

Charles made it a point to
scour the phonebooks
in hotels
located in grotesque small towns
in hopes that one day
he would find someone who shared
his last name

*

No amount of cleaning
ever solved the problem
Judy had with the flies
she would sit for hours
on her couch and watch them
circle aimlessly around
her apartment's ceiling

*

Karen's mother told her:
"You were named after your
father's first girlfriend, because
she was so much prettier than me"
When Karen told people this story
she expected them to find it
funny

*

John was in a quandary
last night
his oldest chum told him
over a few beers
in a terrible bar that
for the past
fifteen years
he has been randomly
murdering drifters
Then he asked to borrow
money.


From Mo Watson's book, Notes By Myself. Published in 1985 by Please Remove Your Hat Lady, I Can't See the Movie Press