Rob Hendricks’s Reviews > The Eternal Ones of the Dream: Selected Poems, 1990-2010 > Status Update

I pulled my car over by the farm stand on / Northwest Street. "How's the corn this year?" / I asked the farmer. "It's the best ever," he / said. "You say that every year," I said. "No / I don't," he said. "Yes you do," I said. "No / I don't," he said. "Yes, you do," I said. "I / don't," he said. "Well you do," I said, "but / let's not make a federal case out of it," I said. / "Fair enough," he said.