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Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe, 2
“Don’t forget to bring a hat!”
Photo by Steve Wood | yourpaparazzo.com
live auction special musical guests alison moore & phil lancaster!
“One Auction”
Remember that gem, “One Art,” by Elizabeth Bishop?
Annie Kim ruins it with this auction-themed parody.
The art of bidding isn’t hard to master;
so many gewgaws gleam with the intent
to be won that their win is no disaster.
Buy something every day. Accept the luster
of doodads, trinkets, your PayPal badly spent.
The art of bidding isn’t hard to master.
Then practice bidding farther, bidding faster:
critiques and workshops, that retreat where you’re meant
to finish your manuscript. None of these will bring disaster.
I bid on John Zic’s card deck. And look! How to Play
Piano and a Mexican skeleton at a desk.
The art of bidding isn’t hard to master.
I won a book by Marie, a lovely one. And, vaster,
a night with fellow Wallies, a feeling of content-
ment only possible when courting near disaster.
—Even winning a book prize (rave reviews! mad royalties
piling in!) pales in comparison. It’s evident
the art of bidding’s not too hard to master—
after all, we just escaped a year of pure disaster.
Three luscious getaways donated to the auction!
Cottage on Oregon Coast
Concord, Massachusetts