10.1

Tool waiting for a time machine
Denied you in your numb naivete.
From thought to thought, like a polar bear
Stayed
Before I falter
His real name.
Leaven
Super BaBa was my California,
Another moon to howl at, amid brisk caterwauls.

10.2

Tool waiting for a time machine
denied you in your numb naiveté.
Thought after thought, like polar bears,
strayed
before I stuttered
his real name.
Proofing the leaven,
Wonder Bread was my California,
another moon, Classic White, for cats to howl at.

10.3

Tool waiting for a time machine
denied you in your numb naiveté.
Thought after thought, like polar bears,
strayed on cracked ice,
before I blurted
my friend’s real name,
proofing the leavened manuscript.
Wonder Bread became my California,
another moon, Classic White, to howl at.

10.4

Tool waiting for a time machine
denied you in your numb naiveté.
Thought after thought, like polar bears,
starved on cracked ice,
before I blurted out
my friend’s surname,
proofing the manuscript.
Wonder® Bread became my California,
another moon — Classic White — to howl at.

10.5

Tool waiting for a time machine
denied you in your numb naiveté.
Thought after thought, like polar bears,
starved on cracked ice,
before I blabbed
the lost surname
in the proofs.
Wonder® Bread, become my California,
apostrophe in Classic White.

10.6

Tool waiting for a time machine
denied you in your numb naiveté.
Thought after thought, like polar bears,
starved on cracked ice,
before I blabbed
the surname
proofs.
Oh Wonder® Bread, become my California —
Reagan cheese in Classic White.

10.7

Tool waiting for a time machine
denied you in your numb naiveté.
Thought after thought, like polar bears,
starved on cracked ice,
before I blabbed
the surname
leaven.
Oh Wonder®, become my California —
Reagan cheese in Classic White.

10.8

Tool waiting for a time machine
denied you in your numb naiveté.
Thought after thought, like polar bears,
starved on cracked ice,
before I blabbed
the surname
leaven.
Oh Wonder® — my California —
Reagease in Classic White.