Bumbershoot
Umbrella’s lighter offshoot


Michael Cantor

resides on Plum Island, north of Boston on the Massachusetts coast, with a wife, a cat, and far too many books, woks and condiments.

His work has appeared in Light Quarterly, Measure, Margie, The Dark Horse, The Atlanta Monthly, and numerous other venues.


—Back to Bumbershoot Contents—

The Man Who Lost His Screen Name

There was a man who knew a name
he thought he was, but then forgot
the name he was, and tried to claim
there was a man who knew the name
he never was; but all the blame
was really his, and made him what
he was: a man who knew a name
he thought he was, but then forgot.