Charlie at the cafe

Charlie at the bar

the most gullible boy alive meets

the foxiest girl in the world

Charlie so famous he’s 

escaped the funny pages

but will never escape

the humiliation of

ending up flat on his back

with a colossal thud

yet again

Charlie at the racetrack

Charlie at the strip club

Charlie drunk on lemonade

and bad psychiatry

It’s no wonder his dog

owns the Van Gogh



Jay Passer’s poetry and prose has appeared in print and online since 1988. He is the author of 12 chapbooks and has been included in numerous anthologies. Passer lives and works in San Francisco, the city of his birth.