Matt Cook > Quotes

“The mother of the heating contractor does not
Have the same problem as the mother of the poet.
When the mother of the heating contractor talks about her son
It's usually understood, from the beginning, that her son,
The heating contractor, is not pretending to be a heating contractor.”
― Matt Cook, The Unreasonable Slug

“People will continue to become excited
When the days grow longer in the springtime
It's the prospect of watching
Television during extended daylight.”
― Matt Cook

“I have memories that I'm not using very often
That I would be happy to give to someone who needed memories.”
― Matt Cook, The Unreasonable Slug

“I had a nightmare about being
Trapped 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 boxes
And mail it off to his mother and his grandmother--
They would wash and iron his clothes,
And then mail them back to him.”
― Matt Cook, In The Small Of My Backyard

“It's partly cloudy and partly windy and partly cold.”
― Matt Cook, The Unreasonable Slug