EARTH

The Earth
is
bald.

AN EXPLANATION OF RAIN

Rain is water
downloaded from
a cloud.

FAVORITE MONKEY

My favorite
monkey wears
a fez.

OLD SOLITUDES

I study
the Old
Solitudes.

HAIR RETURN

I predict
the Return
of Hair.

A SAD FACT

Shakespeare
despised
Africa.

PREDICTION

A singer-songwriter
will be elected
President in 2036.

QUESTION

Are there anthropologists
who study other
anthropologists?

Sparrow is a rural gossip columnist in Phoenicia, New York. America: A Prophecy -- The Sparrow Reader (www.softskull.com) is his recent book.