[Newspoetry] assignment: anthrax univocalic

[david moses fruchter]

a localized phenomenon known as Our Noble Editor may have inscribed:

> assignment: write a poem about this whole anthrax flap, using no
> vowels except "a".


alas, an abstract amalgam (warts and all)


attacks a la anthrax
labs
arabs
gas
fast cars
vast armadas

wars
walls
malls
malts
marts
wal marts

dams
scams
ads
fads
dads
lads
gals
pals
mamas
Hamas

aghast Anabapts.
appall'd ashrams
Brahmans athwart an Atman

altars
laws
bras
dark cabals
abracadabras
all that damn agrapha

acts
facts
snacks
blacks
crack

anal alpha aryans
klan brass
land grabs
ass flab

grand plans
charts
almanacs
data

stabs at art

all shall pass

allah adapts