Matt Cook

“People will continue to become excitedWhen the days grow longer in the springtimeIt's the prospect of watchingTelevision during extended daylight.”

“I had a nightmare about beingTrapped in an elevator with a self-made man--He was born with a silver bootstrap in his mouth;He pulled himself up by his spoons.But when he lived in the fraternity,Before he could roll his sleeves up and get anything done,He would pack his laundry into boxesAnd mail it off to his mother and his grandmother--They would wash and iron his clothes, And then mail them back to him.”

“The mother of the heating contractor does notHave the same problem as the mother of the poet.When the mother of the heating contractor talks about her sonIt's usually understood, from the beginning, that her son,The heating contractor, is not pretending to be a heating contractor.”

“I have memories that I'm not using very oftenThat I would be happy to give to someone who needed memories.”

“It's partly cloudy and partly windy and partly cold.”