COMPARISON

According to the cover blurb, he has
written 19 books of poems, and as many

of prose, including fiction, criticism,
and a memoir. He was born, so it said,

in Aruba of a Russian father and Irish
mother. He has, in addition, climbed

Mt. Everest, done research on the Amazon,
and enjoys fly fishing in Montana.

I, on the other hand, grew enough
tomatoes this summer to freeze

5 quarts of spaghetti sauce,
which I made myself.

There was some left over.