after Patchen
“My dog’s bluer than your dog,”
she said to no one in particular,
being very competitive and not knowing anyone
well enough to compete with.
“Ain’t that right Blue?”
she asked the catnapping mutt,
who couldn’t have been less interested
in color, or anything else
but nevertheless was the bluest dog
you’ve never seen.
The author requested this song that he co-wrote be included on the page.
klipschutz (he/him) First fruits: The Erection of Scaffolding for the Re-Painting of Heaven by the Lowest Bidder (o.p.). Recently, upon publication of Premeditations in late 2019, he was shocked to discover that he has seven collections. He has co-written approximately 100 songs commercially released by Chuck Prophet. Between 2014 and 2017, along with Jeremy Gaulke, klipschutz edited the collectible minimag Four by Two through twelve issues. (A complete set resides in the Special Collections Library at U.C. Berkeley.) He lives in downtown S.F. with Colette Jappy and three cats.
